MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 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 131 1 950 582 SFC 902 1032 20.3 13.6 66 6.7 15.9 213 5 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.6 10.94 3 900 1052 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.0 210 5 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.3 11.22 4 850 1543 17.4 11.3 67 6.1 13.5 205 8 304.3 306.2 292.8 334.0 9.93 5 800 2058 14.4 9.0 70 5.4 11.0 229 6 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.8 9.05 6 750 2601 10.9 6.0 72 4.9 8.0 291 6 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.3 7.83 7 700 3173 7.2 3.9 80 3.3 5.3 308 6 310.4 311.8 292.4 332.8 7.25 8 650 3780 4.1 1.4 83 2.7 2.6 315 5 313.5 314.8 292.8 334.0 6.53 9 600 4427 1.2 -2.3 77 3.5 -0.6 276 3 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.38 10 550 5124 -1.8 -7.0 68 5.2 -4.3 229 5 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.5 4.12 11 500 5877 -5.8 -13.0 57 7.1 -8.7 240 10 325.9 326.5 293.2 335.4 2.81 12 450 6694 -11.1 -22.2 39 11.1 -14.5 260 16 329.3 329.6 292.9 334.4 1.43 13 400 7586 -17.8 -28.2 40 10.4 -20.3 245 26 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.3 0.94 14 350 8572 -24.4 -49.0 8 24.6 -27.2 242 35 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.13 15 300 9675 -32.2 -57.6 6 25.4 -34.0 222 50 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 16 250 10939 -40.8 -68.0 4 27.2 -41.8 224 49 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12422 -50.5 -71.9 6 21.4 -51.0 231 58 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14248 -61.8 -80.5 7 18.8 -61.9 230 44 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -71.4 -84.8 12 13.4 -71.5 194 25 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.90 m Freezing level: 580.15 mb = 4704.11 m = 15433.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.69 mb = 4297.78 m = 14100.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.43 mb = 1875.08 m = 6151.76 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.01 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.59 mb = 2875.18 m = 9432.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.12 C K Index: 31.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5015.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.25 mb = 2279.23 m = 7477.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.97 Bulk Shear: 4.49 m/s