MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 34.64,-110.71 Latitude: 34.64 Longitude: -110.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 505 2 900 985 3 850 1486 SFC 811 1889 20.3 13.4 65 6.9 15.7 150 4 311.5 313.8 296.3 348.3 12.00 5 800 2011 18.8 12.8 68 6.0 14.7 175 5 311.2 313.4 296.0 346.9 11.66 6 750 2561 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.6 215 5 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.3 10.71 7 700 3140 9.5 6.5 81 3.0 7.7 282 12 313.1 314.7 294.4 340.1 8.73 8 650 3751 5.6 2.6 81 3.0 3.9 269 22 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.7 7.12 9 600 4403 2.5 -3.2 66 5.8 -0.4 269 25 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.3 5.03 10 550 5100 -2.7 -6.1 77 3.4 -4.3 276 32 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.3 4.42 11 500 5848 -8.2 -11.4 78 3.2 -9.5 270 36 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.8 3.21 12 450 6658 -13.0 -16.6 75 3.6 -14.3 264 37 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.8 2.32 13 400 7547 -18.3 -22.7 68 4.4 -19.6 257 34 331.2 331.5 293.4 336.6 1.54 14 350 8529 -25.2 -38.1 29 12.8 -27.2 259 51 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.41 15 300 9632 -31.8 -51.4 13 19.6 -33.4 260 69 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.11 16 250 10899 -40.8 -58.1 14 17.3 -41.6 256 75 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 17 200 12378 -51.7 -68.2 12 16.4 -52.1 253 70 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14190 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.3 260 64 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16625 -71.6 -85.9 10 14.3 -71.7 260 21 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.25 m Freezing level: 575.81 mb = 4740.08 m = 15551.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.56 mb = 4340.92 m = 14241.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.72 mb = 2756.75 m = 9044.35 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.09 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3139.51 m = 10300.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.75 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.35 mb = 2969.50 m = 9742.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.35 mb = 3509.01 m = 11512.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.35 mb = 10127.80 m = 33227.30 ft B at Equ Level: 493.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.35 mb = 13425.78 m = 44047.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 76.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 87.89 m/s