MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.9,-117.88 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -117.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 1 950 586 SFC 932 747 18.7 6.6 45 12.1 11.7 237 8 297.8 298.9 287.8 317.0 6.56 3 900 1055 23.5 2.8 26 20.7 11.9 278 19 305.7 306.7 289.2 321.6 5.20 4 850 1552 22.3 1.1 25 21.2 10.5 317 17 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.6 4.86 5 800 2074 18.5 -7.2 17 25.8 6.3 319 10 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.8 2.77 6 750 2622 13.9 -5.4 26 19.2 4.5 299 5 311.6 312.3 289.5 322.5 3.41 7 700 3197 9.0 -6.4 33 15.5 1.8 105 2 312.5 313.1 289.8 323.2 3.37 8 650 3805 3.9 -8.1 41 12.0 -1.4 157 10 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.6 3.18 9 600 4448 -1.0 -12.2 42 11.2 -5.4 153 12 314.9 315.4 289.7 323.1 2.50 10 550 5139 -3.1 -40.0 4 36.9 -10.7 168 18 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.2 0.21 11 500 5885 -8.6 -43.7 4 35.1 -14.7 179 16 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.16 12 450 6693 -13.2 -53.1 2 39.9 -18.3 233 20 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.06 13 400 7580 -18.1 -53.1 3 34.9 -22.2 243 38 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.07 14 350 8563 -25.0 -45.9 12 21.0 -27.5 240 49 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.18 15 300 9665 -33.0 -39.0 55 6.1 -33.7 234 66 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.43 16 250 10923 -42.9 -46.5 67 3.6 -43.2 218 81 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.23 17 200 12390 -52.1 -70.5 9 18.4 -52.5 233 82 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14215 -58.6 -79.3 5 20.6 -58.9 233 48 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.2 -68.4 218 22 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.72 m Freezing level: 610.33 mb = 4315.34 m = 14157.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.42 mb = 3526.89 m = 11571.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.84 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.27 mb = 2307.82 m = 7571.49 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 539.26 mb = 5293.15 m = 17365.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.33 C = 106.39 F Cap Strength: 7.18 C Lifted Index: 6.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.69 C Showalter Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.92 C Cross Totals Index: 9.71 C K Index: 16.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 62.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8938.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.28 mb = 3713.57 m = 12183.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 131.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 34.45 m/s