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: 33.79,-110.58 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -110.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 527 2 900 1003 SFC 856 1445 22.8 12.4 52 10.4 15.9 206 7 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.8 10.63 4 850 1502 21.1 12.2 57 8.8 15.3 211 6 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.3 10.59 5 800 2022 16.0 11.0 72 5.0 12.8 204 10 308.2 310.2 294.3 339.7 10.38 6 750 2566 10.6 9.6 94 1.0 10.0 201 10 308.1 309.9 294.0 338.6 10.07 7 700 3137 5.7 4.9 95 0.8 5.2 184 14 308.8 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.78 8 650 3739 1.6 -4.5 64 6.0 -1.3 180 20 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.0 4.22 9 600 4380 -2.3 -10.0 56 7.7 -5.5 185 23 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.0 2.98 10 550 5065 -5.7 -16.1 44 10.4 -9.4 192 27 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.9 1.97 11 500 5806 -9.6 -27.5 22 18.0 -14.2 202 31 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.2 0.80 12 450 6610 -15.6 -28.3 33 12.7 -18.6 206 34 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.83 13 400 7485 -23.1 -27.3 68 4.2 -24.0 198 34 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.6 1.02 14 350 8448 -30.7 -33.8 74 3.1 -31.2 198 28 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 15 300 9521 -39.7 -46.4 49 6.7 -40.1 202 32 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.20 16 250 10747 -46.3 -61.8 16 15.4 -46.9 212 44 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12213 -51.1 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.5 203 38 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14051 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 211 23 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16550 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 197 10 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.61 m Freezing level: 629.96 mb = 3995.74 m = 13109.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.76 mb = 3618.03 m = 11870.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.74 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.24 mb = 2741.95 m = 8995.80 ft T: 9.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.07 mb = 2643.11 m = 8671.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.56 C = 70.81 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 42.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1166.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.62 mb = 2648.12 m = 8687.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.62 mb = 2704.00 m = 8871.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.62 mb = 11080.94 m = 36354.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.62 mb = 13734.63 m = 45060.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 37.53 Bulk Shear: 31.10 m/s