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: 33.30,-111.46 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 515 SFC 943 580 35.9 13.1 25 22.8 20.4 278 6 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.6 10.09 3 900 1001 29.5 12.0 34 17.5 17.9 279 6 311.9 313.8 294.8 342.2 9.83 4 850 1506 24.4 10.9 43 13.5 15.6 281 5 311.7 313.6 294.7 341.6 9.71 5 800 2032 20.2 6.4 41 13.7 11.8 276 4 312.7 314.1 293.4 336.2 7.57 6 750 2584 16.3 3.0 41 13.3 8.6 265 4 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.3 6.36 7 700 3166 12.0 0.2 44 11.8 5.5 268 6 315.8 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.56 8 650 3781 7.2 -2.3 51 9.5 2.2 264 9 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.1 4.99 9 600 4434 2.5 -6.0 53 8.5 -1.6 259 13 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.3 4.08 10 550 5131 -2.3 -11.4 49 9.2 -6.1 257 19 321.4 322.0 292.0 331.0 2.90 11 500 5881 -7.0 -23.0 27 16.0 -11.8 263 23 324.5 324.8 291.3 328.7 1.20 12 450 6696 -11.0 -45.5 4 34.4 -16.7 266 24 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.15 13 400 7590 -16.6 -43.1 8 26.5 -20.8 275 34 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.21 14 350 8577 -24.1 -43.5 15 19.3 -26.7 270 47 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.23 15 300 9683 -32.2 -52.0 12 19.9 -33.8 267 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.10 16 250 10944 -41.6 -57.6 16 16.0 -42.3 261 55 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 17 200 12421 -51.9 -69.2 11 17.2 -52.3 261 58 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14230 -63.6 -81.4 7 17.8 -63.7 262 41 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16661 -72.6 -85.6 12 13.0 -72.7 270 8 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.92 m Freezing level: 573.54 mb = 4803.16 m = 15758.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.51 mb = 4160.16 m = 13648.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.54 C = 94.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.89 mb = 3420.43 m = 11221.73 ft T: 10.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.22 mb = 3791.20 m = 12438.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.75 C = 101.74 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.99 mb = 3249.89 m = 10662.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.99 mb = 4596.35 m = 15079.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.99 mb = 9494.97 m = 31151.09 ft B at Equ Level: 100.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.99 mb = 11270.13 m = 36975.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.23 Bulk Shear: 4.81 m/s