MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 31.3,-108.11 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -108.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 521 2 900 1002 SFC 866 1341 25.2 11.5 42 13.7 16.2 209 5 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.2 9.87 4 850 1504 23.4 10.4 44 13.0 15.0 209 5 310.6 312.4 294.1 339.3 9.35 5 800 2028 18.2 9.5 57 8.7 12.6 207 6 310.5 312.3 294.1 339.2 9.33 6 750 2576 12.9 8.5 75 4.4 10.1 206 6 310.6 312.3 294.1 339.1 9.31 7 700 3151 7.3 6.5 94 0.8 6.8 204 6 310.6 312.2 293.6 337.3 8.70 8 650 3758 3.8 2.0 88 1.9 2.8 225 10 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.5 6.80 9 600 4404 0.1 -2.1 85 2.2 -1.0 231 15 316.2 317.2 292.7 333.6 5.47 10 550 5097 -3.8 -6.5 81 2.8 -5.0 224 23 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.5 4.27 11 500 5844 -8.0 -19.7 38 11.7 -11.8 223 29 323.3 323.6 291.4 328.9 1.61 12 450 6652 -14.0 -30.7 23 16.7 -17.8 222 35 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.66 13 400 7533 -20.8 -37.5 21 16.8 -23.5 215 36 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.4 0.38 14 350 8507 -27.3 -37.1 39 9.8 -28.7 225 44 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.45 15 300 9597 -36.5 -40.4 67 3.9 -36.9 227 57 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.37 16 250 10835 -45.4 -54.5 35 9.1 -45.9 229 59 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.09 17 200 12294 -53.4 -63.5 28 10.1 -53.6 235 53 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.04 18 150 14102 -62.3 -77.8 11 15.5 -62.5 232 41 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16560 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 214 12 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.08 m Freezing level: 599.21 mb = 4415.36 m = 14485.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.59 mb = 4223.50 m = 13856.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.56 mb = 3061.64 m = 10044.61 ft T: 8.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.54 mb = 3120.93 m = 10239.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 40.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 427.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.51 mb = 3121.24 m = 10240.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.51 mb = 3180.23 m = 10433.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.51 mb = 10900.29 m = 35761.68 ft B at Equ Level: 422.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.51 mb = 13043.76 m = 42793.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.89 Bulk Shear: 21.48 m/s