MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 32.89,-116.47 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -116.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 569 2 900 1046 SFC 893 1111 24.6 16.3 60 8.3 18.8 265 3 307.5 309.9 296.0 347.1 13.12 4 850 1543 19.3 14.9 76 4.4 16.3 274 5 306.3 308.7 295.3 344.3 12.63 5 800 2061 15.2 11.3 78 3.9 12.7 274 7 307.4 309.3 294.1 339.4 10.59 6 750 2605 11.6 5.3 65 6.4 7.9 261 15 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.0 7.45 7 700 3178 7.7 2.9 72 4.7 5.0 258 21 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.0 6.77 8 650 3785 3.2 1.1 86 2.2 2.1 259 24 312.6 313.8 292.4 332.5 6.37 9 600 4430 0.7 -1.2 87 1.9 -0.3 255 22 316.9 318.0 293.2 335.5 5.84 10 550 5128 -1.6 -5.2 77 3.6 -3.4 242 26 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.7 4.74 11 500 5881 -5.7 -8.5 80 2.8 -7.0 238 29 326.1 326.9 294.2 339.5 4.01 12 450 6701 -9.7 -14.1 71 4.3 -11.5 236 32 331.0 331.6 294.5 340.9 2.86 13 400 7600 -15.6 -21.3 62 5.7 -17.4 233 39 334.7 335.1 294.6 341.0 1.75 14 350 8592 -23.5 -28.3 65 4.8 -24.6 226 40 337.0 337.2 294.6 340.9 1.06 15 300 9699 -32.2 -41.6 39 9.4 -33.3 206 41 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.3 0.33 16 250 10964 -40.0 -67.3 4 27.3 -41.1 219 55 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 17 200 12451 -50.2 -72.4 6 22.2 -50.6 231 50 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14271 -62.9 -77.5 12 14.6 -63.0 237 35 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16698 -71.7 -82.8 18 11.1 -71.8 196 10 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.64 m Freezing level: 585.42 mb = 4633.67 m = 15202.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.91 mb = 4338.02 m = 14232.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.89 mb = 2157.52 m = 7078.40 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2467.68 m = 8095.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.96 mb = 2253.22 m = 7392.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.96 mb = 2750.60 m = 9024.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.96 mb = 6248.26 m = 20499.29 ft B at Equ Level: 130.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.96 mb = 11045.43 m = 36237.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -2.8 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 40.71 m/s