MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 95 1 950 552 2 900 1029 SFC 900 1032 26.8 13.5 44 13.2 17.9 219 11 309.1 311.2 294.8 342.3 10.89 4 850 1527 20.7 10.5 52 10.1 14.2 215 13 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.4 9.44 5 800 2048 18.0 3.7 39 14.2 9.7 217 13 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.7 6.26 6 750 2596 14.6 1.5 41 13.1 7.3 237 10 312.5 313.5 291.8 330.3 5.71 7 700 3175 9.9 -0.7 48 10.6 4.3 250 9 313.5 314.5 291.7 329.9 5.20 8 650 3784 4.6 -3.3 57 7.9 0.6 244 9 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.60 9 600 4430 -0.9 -7.1 63 6.2 -3.7 229 8 315.1 315.9 290.9 327.2 3.74 10 550 5118 -5.3 -17.9 36 12.6 -9.5 207 8 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.5 1.71 11 500 5861 -8.4 -34.6 10 26.2 -14.1 195 9 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.41 12 450 6670 -13.7 -30.3 23 16.6 -17.4 226 11 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.68 13 400 7553 -19.2 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 229 19 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 14 350 8531 -25.8 -56.3 4 30.5 -28.4 230 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 15 300 9634 -31.6 -60.7 4 29.1 -33.5 234 51 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 16 250 10906 -38.4 -71.0 2 32.6 -39.6 232 61 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 17 200 12406 -49.3 -72.8 5 23.6 -49.8 233 54 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14241 -60.6 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.8 229 39 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16708 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.6 222 18 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.77 m Freezing level: 607.86 mb = 4328.52 m = 14201.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.92 mb = 3872.69 m = 12705.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.19 mb = 2695.48 m = 8843.32 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.36 mb = 3604.62 m = 11826.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.96 C K Index: 29.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.45 mb = 3015.08 m = 9891.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.45 mb = 4185.62 m = 13732.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.45 mb = 6696.11 m = 21968.59 ft B at Equ Level: 52.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.45 mb = 8563.02 m = 28093.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 58.29 Bulk Shear: 0.90 m/s