MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.45,-110.18 Latitude: 32.45 Longitude: -110.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 540 2 900 1016 SFC 857 1445 22.9 14.2 58 8.7 17.0 177 11 309.5 311.7 295.7 345.9 11.96 4 850 1513 20.5 13.3 63 7.2 15.7 177 11 307.6 309.8 294.8 341.9 11.35 5 800 2033 15.2 11.9 80 3.4 13.0 178 12 307.4 309.4 294.4 340.6 10.98 6 750 2576 10.5 7.6 83 2.8 8.8 193 14 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.6 8.79 7 700 3147 6.5 -0.5 61 7.0 2.9 202 18 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.1 5.29 8 650 3750 2.7 -13.7 29 16.4 -3.6 203 20 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.7 2.04 9 600 4391 -1.9 -20.5 23 18.6 -7.8 196 23 313.9 314.1 288.1 318.1 1.25 10 550 5078 -4.7 -36.9 6 32.2 -11.6 205 30 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.5 0.29 11 500 5821 -9.6 -29.8 18 20.2 -14.4 209 36 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.7 0.65 12 450 6625 -15.2 -36.2 15 21.0 -19.1 208 35 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.39 13 400 7501 -22.7 -28.2 61 5.5 -23.8 206 34 325.5 325.7 291.4 328.8 0.94 14 350 8466 -29.9 -34.4 65 4.5 -30.6 212 37 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.6 0.59 15 300 9546 -37.3 -43.9 50 6.6 -37.9 216 50 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.26 16 250 10783 -45.8 -53.0 44 7.1 -46.2 223 62 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.11 17 200 12241 -52.7 -68.6 13 15.8 -53.1 218 36 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14066 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.2 226 23 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16557 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 194 9 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.79 m Freezing level: 620.71 mb = 4125.89 m = 13536.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.78 mb = 3409.56 m = 11186.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.31 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.47 mb = 2537.02 m = 8323.45 ft T: 10.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 27.76 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.20 mb = 2573.72 m = 8443.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.47 C = 70.65 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 942.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.71 mb = 2534.36 m = 8314.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.71 mb = 2701.39 m = 8862.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.71 mb = 11085.25 m = 36368.49 ft B at Equ Level: 933.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.71 mb = 13708.15 m = 44973.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 28.88 Bulk Shear: 32.62 m/s