MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.56,-111.86 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -111.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 960 457 36.0 13.9 27 22.1 20.9 150 10 312.7 314.7 295.5 344.9 10.43 2 950 554 33.1 13.9 31 19.2 20.1 151 11 310.8 312.8 295.1 343.2 10.57 3 900 1037 28.2 12.8 39 15.4 17.9 150 13 310.5 312.5 294.8 342.3 10.37 4 850 1540 24.2 10.1 41 14.1 15.1 158 14 311.5 313.2 294.2 339.6 9.14 5 800 2068 21.5 7.1 39 14.4 12.6 173 9 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.9 7.94 6 750 2623 17.1 4.8 44 12.3 9.7 197 10 315.1 316.5 293.8 337.8 7.22 7 700 3206 11.5 6.4 71 5.2 8.4 217 14 315.3 316.9 294.8 342.3 8.64 8 650 3820 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.0 228 17 315.8 317.3 294.6 341.1 8.05 9 600 4471 1.0 -3.6 71 4.6 -1.3 227 16 317.3 318.2 292.5 332.9 4.88 10 550 5163 -4.8 -9.7 69 4.9 -6.8 234 18 318.4 319.1 291.5 329.3 3.34 11 500 5906 -8.8 -30.9 15 22.1 -14.0 256 22 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.4 0.58 12 450 6715 -13.2 -45.0 5 31.8 -18.1 260 21 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.15 13 400 7600 -19.2 -47.3 6 28.1 -22.8 265 20 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 14 350 8578 -26.8 -48.5 11 21.7 -29.0 269 24 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 15 300 9669 -35.7 -51.2 19 15.5 -36.8 264 42 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.11 16 250 10923 -39.8 -69.1 3 29.4 -40.9 267 53 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 17 200 12421 -49.1 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.7 259 46 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14253 -62.4 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 266 37 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16682 -71.9 -85.4 12 13.5 -72.0 304 13 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.02 m Freezing level: 591.31 mb = 4591.30 m = 15063.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.49 mb = 4330.12 m = 14206.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.03 % Est. max temperature: 36.77 C = 98.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.76 mb = 3220.77 m = 10566.69 ft T: 11.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.65 mb = 3585.91 m = 11764.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.82 C = 101.88 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 37.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.68 mb = 3042.53 m = 9981.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.68 mb = 4091.51 m = 13423.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.68 mb = 10427.52 m = 34210.62 ft B at Equ Level: 562.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.68 mb = 12792.08 m = 41968.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 18.64 Bulk Shear: 30.87 m/s