MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.1,-111.23 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -111.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 64 1 950 521 SFC 934 674 30.5 16.2 42 14.3 20.5 218 8 309.7 312.0 296.1 347.7 12.50 3 900 1001 26.0 15.2 51 10.8 18.6 218 9 308.3 310.5 295.5 345.0 12.12 4 850 1501 21.0 14.2 65 6.8 16.4 216 9 308.1 310.4 295.4 344.6 12.04 5 800 2022 15.9 13.1 84 2.8 14.1 215 10 308.1 310.4 295.4 344.3 11.97 6 750 2567 10.9 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 209 12 308.4 310.4 294.5 340.9 10.71 7 700 3139 7.2 5.8 90 1.5 6.3 202 22 310.5 312.0 293.3 335.9 8.27 8 650 3746 3.3 1.0 85 2.3 2.1 209 25 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.6 6.35 9 600 4390 -0.9 -4.4 77 3.6 -2.6 216 28 315.1 316.0 291.6 329.7 4.59 10 550 5080 -5.1 -11.8 59 6.7 -7.8 208 27 318.0 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.82 11 500 5821 -10.1 -26.2 25 16.1 -14.3 206 26 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.90 12 450 6625 -15.2 -41.8 8 26.6 -19.4 216 28 324.1 324.2 290.3 324.9 0.22 13 400 7503 -21.2 -47.1 8 25.9 -24.4 224 32 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.14 14 350 8472 -29.2 -46.2 18 17.0 -30.9 227 32 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 15 300 9551 -38.1 -49.7 29 11.6 -38.9 230 33 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 16 250 10786 -45.3 -61.8 14 16.5 -45.9 236 47 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12251 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 242 54 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14102 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 255 35 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16588 -70.3 -85.4 9 15.1 -70.4 247 5 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.49 m Freezing level: 610.34 mb = 4256.98 m = 13966.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4025.78 m = 13207.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.79 mb = 2468.29 m = 8097.96 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 23.86 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.46 mb = 2361.44 m = 7747.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 43.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1668.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.99 mb = 2377.54 m = 7800.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.99 mb = 2432.73 m = 7981.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.99 mb = 11566.25 m = 37946.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1659.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.99 mb = 14886.01 m = 48838.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 87.06 Bulk Shear: 19.17 m/s