MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.16,-121.87 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -121.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 548 2 900 1029 SFC 866 1364 27.9 6.3 25 21.6 14.6 258 9 313.6 314.9 293.1 335.2 6.91 4 850 1531 23.8 5.3 30 18.5 12.7 258 9 311.1 312.3 292.1 331.4 6.56 5 800 2054 18.5 4.3 39 14.2 10.2 259 10 310.8 312.1 292.0 331.0 6.51 6 750 2602 13.0 3.0 51 10.0 7.3 260 10 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.4 6.35 7 700 3176 7.7 -0.9 54 8.6 3.2 261 11 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.0 5.13 8 650 3781 2.6 -6.1 52 8.8 -1.4 257 15 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.8 3.72 9 600 4422 -2.2 -11.5 49 9.4 -5.9 259 19 313.6 314.1 289.4 322.1 2.63 10 550 5108 -6.4 -25.4 21 19.0 -11.6 269 23 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.6 0.88 11 500 5844 -12.0 -32.2 17 20.2 -16.3 267 19 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.3 0.51 12 450 6642 -16.9 -41.4 10 24.5 -20.6 258 16 322.0 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 13 400 7515 -22.2 -48.9 7 26.6 -25.2 265 14 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.11 14 350 8481 -29.8 -49.2 14 19.3 -31.6 252 13 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.0 0.12 15 300 9559 -38.6 -56.5 13 17.9 -39.5 229 16 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 16 250 10784 -47.8 -63.3 15 15.5 -48.3 218 13 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 17 200 12242 -49.8 -74.8 4 25.0 -50.3 207 23 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14108 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 210 25 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16665 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 198 13 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.36 m Freezing level: 622.50 mb = 4133.64 m = 13561.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.98 mb = 3595.02 m = 11794.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 630.79 mb = 4021.22 m = 13192.82 ft T: 0.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.81 mb = 3995.61 m = 13108.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.76 C Cross Totals Index: 17.23 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.04 mb = 3842.31 m = 12605.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.04 mb = 4421.64 m = 14506.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.04 mb = 7514.56 m = 24653.77 ft B at Equ Level: 96.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.04 mb = 10519.54 m = 34512.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.79 Bulk Shear: 4.90 m/s