MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 32.82,-111.68 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -111.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 960 442 26.7 17.3 56 9.5 20.2 147 2 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.1 13.04 2 950 535 25.4 16.8 59 8.6 19.5 150 3 302.9 305.3 294.5 340.9 12.80 3 900 1011 24.9 13.1 48 11.8 17.1 46 3 307.2 309.1 294.1 339.1 10.58 4 850 1510 21.9 12.6 55 9.3 15.7 322 3 309.1 311.1 294.8 342.1 10.83 5 800 2034 18.7 10.2 58 8.5 13.2 252 5 311.1 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.81 6 750 2584 14.7 4.9 52 9.7 8.9 248 6 312.5 313.9 293.1 335.1 7.28 7 700 3163 10.8 2.2 55 8.5 5.9 237 6 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.6 6.42 8 650 3777 6.7 -1.7 55 8.4 2.3 251 8 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.1 5.20 9 600 4429 2.3 -5.8 55 8.2 -1.6 252 12 318.8 319.6 292.3 332.2 4.13 10 550 5127 -2.0 -12.2 46 10.2 -6.2 251 15 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.8 2.72 11 500 5877 -6.2 -21.4 29 15.2 -11.1 259 22 325.5 325.8 291.8 330.3 1.39 12 450 6694 -10.6 -40.4 7 29.7 -16.3 269 24 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.25 13 400 7589 -16.5 -42.1 9 25.6 -20.7 269 33 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.24 14 350 8578 -23.7 -45.2 12 21.5 -26.5 263 43 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 15 300 9686 -31.5 -49.4 15 17.9 -33.2 257 48 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.14 16 250 10950 -41.1 -56.9 17 15.8 -41.9 258 51 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 17 200 12428 -52.3 -67.6 14 15.2 -52.7 258 55 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14231 -64.4 -80.8 9 16.4 -64.5 260 43 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16651 -72.6 -85.5 12 12.9 -72.6 278 10 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.95 m Freezing level: 573.18 mb = 4803.32 m = 15758.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4159.51 m = 13646.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.37 % Est. max temperature: 33.96 C = 93.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.31 mb = 1650.70 m = 5415.62 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.75 mb = 3237.68 m = 10622.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.86 C = 100.15 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.77 C K Index: 32.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3732.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.57 mb = 2232.74 m = 7325.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -13.8 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 19.17 m/s