MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.96,-111.01 Latitude: 34.96 Longitude: -111.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 523 2 900 1000 3 850 1499 SFC 829 1718 18.6 9.7 56 8.9 13.0 202 6 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.6 9.13 5 800 2021 17.8 8.7 55 9.1 12.1 199 11 310.1 311.8 293.6 337.3 8.86 6 750 2569 12.9 7.0 67 5.9 9.3 184 7 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.5 8.43 7 700 3144 7.9 3.3 73 4.6 5.3 164 5 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.7 6.94 8 650 3750 3.2 -3.2 63 6.4 0.0 152 6 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.2 4.64 9 600 4393 -1.8 -7.0 67 5.2 -4.1 165 7 314.1 314.8 290.6 326.1 3.76 10 550 5078 -7.1 -11.1 73 3.9 -8.7 182 7 315.6 316.2 290.4 325.4 2.99 11 500 5814 -11.3 -13.3 86 1.9 -12.1 171 12 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.75 12 450 6615 -16.1 -18.1 84 2.1 -16.7 180 18 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.04 13 400 7493 -21.7 -24.1 81 2.4 -22.3 181 22 326.8 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.36 14 350 8462 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.3 182 25 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9546 -37.6 -40.8 72 3.2 -37.9 184 29 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 16 250 10774 -47.4 -52.8 54 5.4 -47.6 197 27 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 17 200 12233 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.8 -51.9 212 13 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14084 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.3 237 11 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16585 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 246 6 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.65 m Freezing level: 617.89 mb = 4162.99 m = 13657.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3753.03 m = 12312.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.33 C = 72.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.62 mb = 2844.41 m = 9331.95 ft T: 10.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.96 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.22 mb = 3402.43 m = 11162.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.35 C = 72.23 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 535.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.66 mb = 3206.50 m = 10519.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.66 mb = 3754.25 m = 12316.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.66 mb = 10782.83 m = 35376.29 ft B at Equ Level: 530.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.66 mb = 12574.75 m = 41255.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.7 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 207.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -5.0 tot: -0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 248.66 Bulk Shear: 2.15 m/s