MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-113.90 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -113.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 -0 23.9 23.7 98 0.3 23.8 45 9 295.8 299.1 296.4 348.9 18.44 1 1000 133 22.6 22.5 99 0.1 22.5 47 10 295.7 298.9 295.7 345.7 17.36 2 950 582 22.3 19.2 83 3.1 20.1 64 8 299.8 302.5 295.1 343.3 14.87 3 900 1052 20.4 15.7 75 4.7 17.2 66 9 302.5 304.8 294.2 339.6 12.56 4 850 1545 18.4 13.2 71 5.3 15.0 70 8 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.2 11.26 5 800 2063 15.9 10.3 69 5.6 12.4 80 10 308.1 310.0 293.9 338.2 9.90 6 750 2609 13.0 7.2 68 5.7 9.5 84 11 310.7 312.3 293.6 337.0 8.56 7 700 3186 9.1 4.8 74 4.3 6.6 85 10 312.6 314.1 293.4 336.6 7.74 8 650 3795 4.7 2.4 85 2.3 3.4 109 8 314.3 315.6 293.4 336.3 7.03 9 600 4444 1.4 -1.8 79 3.2 -0.3 130 9 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.6 5.59 10 550 5142 -1.4 -4.4 80 3.0 -2.9 141 10 322.5 323.5 294.0 338.9 5.03 11 500 5897 -5.2 -9.2 73 4.0 -7.0 122 10 326.7 327.5 294.2 339.5 3.80 12 450 6717 -9.9 -16.6 58 6.7 -12.3 122 13 330.8 331.3 294.0 338.9 2.32 13 400 7618 -15.0 -29.6 27 14.7 -18.6 107 14 335.6 335.7 294.0 338.6 0.82 14 350 8611 -22.5 -36.7 26 14.2 -25.0 106 12 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.47 15 300 9725 -31.0 -41.3 36 10.3 -32.3 135 15 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.1 0.34 16 250 10990 -41.4 -46.0 61 4.5 -41.8 171 19 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.25 17 200 12458 -54.6 -64.4 29 9.8 -54.8 202 19 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14244 -67.6 -74.7 36 7.0 -67.7 287 6 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16637 -72.9 -86.7 11 13.9 -72.9 115 20 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.92 m Freezing level: 574.81 mb = 4795.72 m = 15733.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.70 mb = 4394.48 m = 14417.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1012.07 mb = 28.57 m = 93.74 ft T: 23.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.29 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1623.50 m = 5326.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.06 C = 93.31 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.35 C K Index: 32.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.05 mb = 710.70 m = 2331.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.05 mb = 3291.38 m = 10798.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.05 mb = 6361.02 m = 20869.24 ft B at Equ Level: 93.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.05 mb = 10428.82 m = 34214.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.3 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 126.3 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.97 Bulk Shear: 6.72 m/s