MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.16,-114.38 Latitude: 31.16 Longitude: -114.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 29.7 26.4 82 3.4 27.2 185 9 301.8 305.8 299.9 366.5 21.81 1 1000 110 28.5 25.5 84 3.0 26.3 185 9 301.7 305.6 299.4 363.9 21.02 2 950 569 29.2 16.3 46 12.9 20.3 198 5 306.8 309.1 295.3 344.0 12.34 3 900 1049 26.4 12.9 43 13.5 17.4 251 2 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.5 10.46 4 850 1550 23.0 7.8 38 15.2 13.6 93 0 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.3 7.84 5 800 2074 18.7 5.7 42 13.0 10.9 12 1 311.1 312.4 292.6 333.3 7.18 6 750 2623 14.3 2.6 45 11.7 7.6 199 1 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.3 6.17 7 700 3200 9.4 -0.4 50 9.8 4.2 214 3 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.6 5.33 8 650 3809 4.5 -7.5 41 12.0 -0.9 238 8 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.9 3.35 9 600 4455 0.8 -20.4 19 21.2 -6.3 234 12 317.0 317.2 289.1 321.3 1.26 10 550 5147 -3.8 -25.9 16 22.0 -10.1 230 13 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.5 0.84 11 500 5894 -6.7 -40.4 5 33.7 -13.3 239 16 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.23 12 450 6710 -10.7 -51.4 2 40.7 -16.7 241 18 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 13 400 7606 -15.8 -54.9 2 39.1 -20.6 236 23 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 14 350 8599 -21.9 -53.5 4 31.6 -25.4 238 33 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 15 300 9717 -29.1 -57.5 5 28.4 -31.4 233 40 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 16 250 10995 -39.1 -61.8 7 22.7 -40.2 238 38 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 17 200 12481 -51.1 -66.4 15 15.3 -51.5 237 35 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.03 18 150 14293 -64.2 -77.9 14 13.7 -64.3 234 30 359.5 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16711 -73.5 -81.4 29 7.9 -73.6 186 12 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.24 m Freezing level: 591.81 mb = 4568.76 m = 14989.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.00 mb = 3695.96 m = 12125.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.79 % Est. max temperature: 37.79 C = 100.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.96 mb = 429.41 m = 1408.81 ft T: 29.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 45.21 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2365.36 m = 7760.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.58 C = 103.24 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 2.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 14.47 C K Index: 27.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.75 mb = 1593.16 m = 5226.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.75 mb = 2840.32 m = 9318.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.75 mb = 11823.67 m = 38791.09 ft B at Equ Level: 894.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.75 mb = 15586.71 m = 51136.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -7.9 tot: -3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 247.21 Bulk Shear: 3.63 m/s