MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 33.21,-110.31 Latitude: 33.21 Longitude: -110.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 535 2 900 1009 SFC 895 1055 23.6 16.5 64 7.1 18.7 191 3 306.3 308.8 295.8 346.3 13.31 4 850 1505 19.2 13.5 69 5.8 15.4 186 5 306.3 308.4 294.5 340.8 11.49 5 800 2023 14.7 11.5 81 3.2 12.6 178 7 306.9 308.9 294.1 339.2 10.72 6 750 2565 10.3 8.9 91 1.5 9.4 174 9 307.8 309.6 293.5 336.8 9.56 7 700 3137 6.3 5.2 93 1.0 5.7 184 13 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 7.98 8 650 3741 2.3 -0.5 82 2.7 0.8 193 18 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.3 5.70 9 600 4382 -1.9 -8.4 61 6.5 -4.7 193 21 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.38 10 550 5070 -5.2 -20.9 28 15.7 -10.1 204 26 317.9 318.2 289.5 322.4 1.31 11 500 5812 -9.2 -35.7 10 26.5 -14.7 210 33 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.36 12 450 6617 -15.4 -24.5 46 9.1 -17.8 208 33 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.0 1.17 13 400 7492 -23.1 -26.6 73 3.5 -23.9 202 36 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.8 1.09 14 350 8454 -31.2 -34.6 72 3.4 -31.7 202 34 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.58 15 300 9528 -38.7 -52.0 23 13.3 -39.5 210 42 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 16 250 10759 -46.1 -60.3 19 14.2 -46.6 216 58 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12222 -51.6 -72.8 6 21.2 -52.0 210 41 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14057 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 214 25 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16551 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 208 11 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.66 m Freezing level: 622.86 mb = 4088.94 m = 13414.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.45 mb = 3834.21 m = 12579.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.68 mb = 1951.90 m = 6403.78 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 23.86 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.61 mb = 2337.62 m = 7669.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 40.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1347.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.05 mb = 2224.48 m = 7298.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.05 mb = 2497.97 m = 8195.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.05 mb = 11135.93 m = 36534.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1344.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.05 mb = 14221.46 m = 46657.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 39.29 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s