MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-118.81 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -118.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 567 2 900 1049 SFC 858 1474 28.9 2.5 18 26.3 13.4 261 6 315.6 316.6 292.4 332.6 5.36 4 850 1553 25.7 2.4 22 23.3 12.3 258 6 313.1 314.1 291.7 330.0 5.36 5 800 2080 20.2 1.5 29 18.7 9.6 257 6 312.7 313.7 291.5 329.4 5.32 6 750 2631 14.7 -0.0 36 14.8 6.7 256 5 312.6 313.5 291.3 328.6 5.09 7 700 3208 9.0 -1.2 49 10.2 3.7 254 5 312.4 313.4 291.2 328.2 5.02 8 650 3815 3.5 -6.1 50 9.6 -1.0 250 4 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.8 3.73 9 600 4459 -0.4 -27.7 11 27.3 -7.9 252 7 315.6 315.7 288.1 317.9 0.65 10 550 5148 -5.0 -29.5 13 24.5 -11.2 253 12 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.3 0.60 11 500 5888 -10.3 -34.3 12 23.9 -15.3 260 15 320.4 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.42 12 450 6689 -16.2 -45.2 6 29.0 -20.3 269 21 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.15 13 400 7567 -21.4 -49.4 6 27.9 -24.6 277 35 327.1 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.11 14 350 8535 -28.8 -52.8 8 24.0 -30.8 277 47 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 15 300 9620 -36.8 -54.6 14 17.7 -37.9 277 62 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 16 250 10858 -44.7 -63.2 11 18.5 -45.3 279 81 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12327 -51.3 -71.1 8 19.8 -51.7 278 83 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14179 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 270 53 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16717 -62.5 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 232 12 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.06 m Freezing level: 605.60 mb = 4386.85 m = 14392.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.55 mb = 3683.04 m = 12083.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 582.35 mb = 4695.32 m = 15404.41 ft T: -2.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.97 mb = 4893.18 m = 16053.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.09 C Cross Totals Index: 12.77 C K Index: 28.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6764.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.12 mb = 4430.57 m = 14535.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.61 Bulk Shear: 4.27 m/s