MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 535 2 900 1013 SFC 898 1032 28.0 6.4 25 21.6 14.8 219 11 310.5 311.8 292.0 331.3 6.71 4 850 1512 22.6 -0.6 21 23.2 10.1 213 14 309.8 310.6 289.8 323.2 4.29 5 800 2037 21.8 -17.9 6 39.7 5.7 231 14 314.4 314.6 288.2 318.3 1.17 6 750 2592 18.9 -22.4 5 41.3 3.6 245 14 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.1 0.84 7 700 3178 15.2 -26.8 4 42.0 1.0 245 19 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.61 8 650 3798 10.4 -25.6 6 36.1 -1.6 243 23 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.3 0.73 9 600 4457 5.5 -18.5 16 24.0 -3.5 240 24 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.48 10 550 5161 0.3 -12.3 38 12.6 -5.0 236 27 324.4 324.9 292.7 333.5 2.70 11 500 5917 -5.3 -15.5 44 10.2 -9.2 234 29 326.6 327.0 292.9 334.4 2.29 12 450 6734 -10.9 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.4 232 30 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.4 0.81 13 400 7627 -17.3 -28.2 38 10.9 -19.9 232 34 332.5 332.7 293.3 336.0 0.94 14 350 8614 -24.2 -37.1 29 12.9 -26.3 232 38 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.9 0.45 15 300 9718 -32.6 -47.0 22 14.4 -34.0 237 35 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 16 250 10976 -42.6 -56.3 21 13.7 -43.2 244 35 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 17 200 12441 -54.6 -62.4 38 7.8 -54.8 245 39 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14231 -65.9 -76.1 23 10.3 -66.0 255 39 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16666 -70.1 -82.9 14 12.8 -70.2 255 15 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.60 m Freezing level: 547.58 mb = 5197.30 m = 17051.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.30 mb = 3416.79 m = 11209.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.52 % Est. max temperature: 34.47 C = 94.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.72 mb = 3750.43 m = 12304.41 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 460.35 mb = 6557.65 m = 21514.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.79 C = 114.41 F Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lifted Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.25 C Showalter Index: 9.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 4.65 C K Index: -14.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8607.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.58 mb = 4722.99 m = 15495.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 16.31 m/s