MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 33.21,-111.49 Latitude: 33.21 Longitude: -111.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 951 504 36.6 13.5 25 23.2 20.8 286 6 314.2 316.2 295.8 346.1 10.26 2 950 515 34.5 13.7 29 20.8 20.4 286 5 312.2 314.2 295.3 344.3 10.41 3 900 1001 29.4 12.2 35 17.2 17.9 288 5 311.8 313.7 294.9 342.5 9.96 4 850 1506 24.4 11.2 44 13.2 15.8 289 5 311.7 313.6 294.8 342.2 9.90 5 800 2032 20.2 6.0 40 14.1 11.6 272 4 312.6 314.0 293.2 335.5 7.36 6 750 2584 16.2 2.8 40 13.5 8.5 262 4 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.8 6.24 7 700 3166 12.0 0.1 44 11.9 5.5 267 6 315.8 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.53 8 650 3781 7.3 -2.2 51 9.5 2.3 261 8 317.2 318.2 292.6 333.2 5.01 9 600 4435 2.6 -5.8 54 8.4 -1.5 255 13 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.5 4.12 10 550 5132 -2.1 -11.4 49 9.3 -6.0 255 18 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.2 2.90 11 500 5882 -6.9 -22.0 29 15.1 -11.6 262 22 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.31 12 450 6697 -11.0 -44.1 5 33.1 -16.7 266 24 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.17 13 400 7591 -16.5 -43.2 8 26.7 -20.8 275 33 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.21 14 350 8579 -24.1 -43.5 15 19.4 -26.7 270 45 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.23 15 300 9685 -32.2 -51.8 12 19.6 -33.8 267 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.11 16 250 10946 -41.5 -57.6 16 16.1 -42.3 261 55 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06 17 200 12423 -52.0 -68.5 12 16.5 -52.4 261 58 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14232 -63.7 -81.6 7 18.0 -63.8 261 41 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16662 -72.6 -85.6 12 13.0 -72.7 271 8 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.63 m Freezing level: 572.63 mb = 4816.16 m = 15800.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.51 mb = 4173.51 m = 13692.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.03 C = 95.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.70 mb = 3386.07 m = 11109.02 ft T: 10.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.83 mb = 3745.28 m = 12287.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.01 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.12 C K Index: 30.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.93 mb = 3154.99 m = 10350.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.93 mb = 4624.64 m = 15172.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.93 mb = 9544.43 m = 31313.36 ft B at Equ Level: 94.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.93 mb = 11328.91 m = 37167.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.32 Bulk Shear: 5.88 m/s