MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 32.42,-111.07 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -111.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 521 SFC 915 859 34.2 14.2 30 20.0 20.4 260 13 315.2 317.4 296.7 350.2 11.21 3 900 1010 31.8 13.9 34 17.8 19.5 259 14 314.3 316.4 296.4 349.0 11.18 4 850 1519 26.8 12.8 42 14.0 17.4 259 16 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.4 10.99 5 800 2050 21.7 11.9 54 9.8 15.2 258 16 314.3 316.4 296.3 348.6 11.04 6 750 2605 16.3 10.8 70 5.5 12.7 257 15 314.3 316.3 296.2 348.2 10.92 7 700 3188 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.2 252 14 314.7 316.6 295.5 345.0 9.71 8 650 3802 6.7 -0.5 60 7.2 2.8 242 12 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.5 5.67 9 600 4453 2.2 -8.0 47 10.2 -2.5 245 12 318.7 319.3 291.7 330.0 3.48 10 550 5149 -2.8 -19.4 27 16.6 -8.5 245 14 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.49 11 500 5897 -6.8 -41.4 4 34.5 -13.5 260 15 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.20 12 450 6710 -12.2 -40.8 7 28.6 -17.3 260 18 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.24 13 400 7599 -18.6 -45.0 8 26.3 -22.4 269 22 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.17 14 350 8577 -26.9 -44.8 17 17.9 -28.9 279 35 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.20 15 300 9668 -35.2 -50.8 19 15.6 -36.4 272 47 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10923 -40.8 -65.3 5 24.5 -41.8 263 55 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12415 -48.9 -78.8 2 29.9 -49.4 259 41 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.00 18 150 14242 -62.6 -80.2 8 17.5 -62.7 263 39 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16671 -73.1 -85.0 15 11.9 -73.1 298 11 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.56 m Freezing level: 578.22 mb = 4756.32 m = 15604.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.70 mb = 4137.97 m = 13575.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.94 mb = 3355.75 m = 11009.53 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 23.08 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.01 mb = 3391.23 m = 11125.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.29 C = 93.72 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 43.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.58 mb = 3275.96 m = 10747.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.58 mb = 3580.60 m = 11747.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.58 mb = 11264.07 m = 36955.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.58 mb = 15212.44 m = 49908.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -28.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -12.0 tot: -8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4803.36 Bulk Shear: 0.24 m/s