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: 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 51 SFC 956 457 38.0 13.0 23 25.0 21.0 247 9 315.2 317.1 295.7 346.1 9.89 2 950 516 36.7 12.9 24 23.8 20.6 247 9 314.4 316.3 295.6 345.2 9.87 3 900 1005 31.9 12.0 30 19.9 18.6 245 11 314.4 316.2 295.5 345.0 9.84 4 850 1514 26.8 10.9 37 15.9 16.4 242 12 314.3 316.1 295.4 344.4 9.70 5 800 2045 21.7 10.1 48 11.6 14.1 239 12 314.3 316.1 295.4 344.6 9.74 6 750 2599 16.3 9.3 63 7.0 11.8 234 13 314.3 316.1 295.5 344.8 9.82 7 700 3181 10.8 8.0 83 2.8 9.0 225 15 314.4 316.2 295.4 344.4 9.66 8 650 3795 6.0 2.0 76 4.0 3.7 222 19 315.7 317.0 293.6 337.2 6.82 9 600 4445 1.3 -5.7 59 7.0 -2.1 223 20 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.0 4.16 10 550 5138 -4.3 -14.8 44 10.5 -8.2 231 21 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.4 2.21 11 500 5883 -7.6 -37.7 7 30.1 -13.7 248 21 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.30 12 450 6693 -13.2 -39.2 9 25.9 -17.9 251 23 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 13 400 7579 -19.6 -45.3 8 25.6 -23.1 252 23 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 14 350 8552 -28.2 -46.4 16 18.2 -30.1 265 27 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 15 300 9637 -36.7 -52.6 18 15.9 -37.7 264 36 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.10 16 250 10885 -41.1 -65.5 5 24.4 -42.1 264 52 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 17 200 12382 -47.8 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.4 253 46 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 18 150 14220 -61.5 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 258 42 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16666 -72.1 -85.1 12 13.0 -72.1 281 11 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.13 m Freezing level: 588.45 mb = 4605.03 m = 15108.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.01 mb = 4204.70 m = 13794.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.70 % Est. max temperature: 37.12 C = 98.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.70 mb = 3572.23 m = 11719.76 ft T: 7.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.43 mb = 3600.46 m = 11812.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.15 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 42.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 976.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.91 mb = 3495.73 m = 11468.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.91 mb = 3808.27 m = 12494.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.91 mb = 10913.98 m = 35806.57 ft B at Equ Level: 964.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.91 mb = 13851.58 m = 45444.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 141.95 Bulk Shear: 6.88 m/s