MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.91,-118.63 Latitude: 39.91 Longitude: -118.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 522 2 900 1007 SFC 878 1228 31.6 -0.9 12 32.5 13.4 282 6 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.4 4.07 4 850 1514 27.0 -0.9 16 28.0 11.6 283 6 314.5 315.3 291.1 327.9 4.20 5 800 2043 21.7 -2.3 20 24.0 8.9 287 7 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.05 6 750 2596 16.3 -3.1 26 19.4 6.2 290 7 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.06 7 700 3176 10.9 -5.7 31 16.5 2.8 292 7 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.0 3.57 8 650 3788 7.2 -34.5 3 41.7 -3.8 251 11 317.1 317.2 288.2 318.2 0.32 9 600 4440 2.8 -29.9 7 32.7 -6.3 232 14 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.3 0.53 10 550 5137 -2.1 -24.7 16 22.6 -8.9 238 17 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.94 11 500 5886 -7.4 -25.0 23 17.6 -12.4 245 20 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.01 12 450 6697 -12.2 -43.6 5 31.5 -17.4 254 21 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.18 13 400 7585 -18.7 -39.9 14 21.1 -22.2 266 22 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 14 350 8563 -26.9 -43.5 19 16.6 -28.9 261 23 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.23 15 300 9654 -36.0 -51.1 20 15.0 -37.1 265 22 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.12 16 250 10893 -45.7 -58.7 22 13.0 -46.2 265 26 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12343 -55.6 -65.8 27 10.2 -55.8 258 37 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14146 -62.1 -76.4 13 14.3 -62.3 260 40 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16648 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 260 16 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.35 m Freezing level: 571.42 mb = 4838.42 m = 15873.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.71 mb = 3431.40 m = 11257.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 544.78 mb = 5211.74 m = 17098.67 ft T: -2.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 486.72 mb = 6093.00 m = 19989.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.01 C = 104.03 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 34.43 C Cross Totals Index: 6.47 C K Index: 16.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 32.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6146.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.07 mb = 5020.23 m = 16470.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 10.41 m/s