MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 32.84,-116.39 Latitude: 32.84 Longitude: -116.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 543 2 900 1026 SFC 896 1067 29.2 15.0 42 14.2 19.4 329 1 312.0 314.3 296.4 348.9 12.02 4 850 1529 23.4 13.8 55 9.5 16.9 315 1 310.6 312.8 295.8 346.6 11.76 5 800 2054 18.6 12.4 67 6.2 14.4 282 2 310.9 313.1 295.7 345.8 11.37 6 750 2604 13.8 10.4 80 3.4 11.6 245 6 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.2 10.62 7 700 3182 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.4 223 17 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.1 8.42 8 650 3793 6.2 -7.8 36 13.9 -0.2 228 23 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.6 3.28 9 600 4444 2.7 -12.6 31 15.3 -3.6 228 24 319.3 319.7 290.9 327.3 2.43 10 550 5144 -0.9 -10.6 48 9.7 -5.1 232 24 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.3 3.09 11 500 5901 -3.2 -46.0 2 42.7 -11.5 230 18 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 12 450 6723 -9.4 -33.9 12 24.5 -15.0 222 16 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.49 13 400 7618 -17.6 -32.2 27 14.6 -20.7 223 22 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.5 0.64 14 350 8600 -25.9 -42.7 19 16.8 -28.0 225 32 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.25 15 300 9702 -32.3 -47.7 20 15.4 -33.8 220 46 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.17 16 250 10965 -40.6 -60.2 10 19.6 -41.6 225 44 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 17 200 12448 -52.0 -63.5 24 11.6 -52.3 231 36 350.4 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14258 -63.6 -78.4 12 14.8 -63.7 210 36 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -71.2 -84.7 12 13.6 -71.2 195 8 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.50 m Freezing level: 562.93 mb = 4962.68 m = 16281.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.59 mb = 3772.90 m = 12378.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.21 mb = 2851.40 m = 9354.88 ft T: 11.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2947.27 m = 9669.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.75 mb = 2787.83 m = 9146.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.75 mb = 3197.07 m = 10488.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.75 mb = 5608.10 m = 18399.07 ft B at Equ Level: 62.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.75 mb = 13900.83 m = 45605.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 31.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 14.98 Bulk Shear: 31.57 m/s