MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-116.19 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -116.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -0 26.3 25.2 93 1.2 25.5 95 4 298.4 302.1 298.2 357.5 20.29 1 1000 114 25.1 24.6 97 0.5 24.7 95 4 298.3 301.9 297.9 356.1 19.85 2 950 566 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 156 9 300.3 303.2 296.0 347.2 15.99 3 900 1036 20.0 15.9 78 4.0 17.2 140 10 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.8 12.77 4 850 1528 18.4 11.9 66 6.5 14.2 134 10 305.4 307.4 293.4 336.5 10.34 5 800 2047 16.4 8.7 60 7.7 11.6 151 13 308.7 310.3 293.2 335.6 8.85 6 750 2594 13.9 5.4 57 8.4 8.8 144 12 311.6 313.0 293.0 334.9 7.53 7 700 3173 11.1 2.1 54 9.0 6.0 138 11 314.8 316.0 293.0 334.9 6.40 8 650 3788 7.7 -1.5 52 9.3 2.8 133 10 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.6 5.26 9 600 4443 3.8 -5.7 50 9.5 -0.8 125 12 320.5 321.4 292.9 334.2 4.18 10 550 5144 -0.1 -11.8 41 11.8 -5.1 121 17 324.0 324.6 292.6 333.5 2.81 11 500 5900 -4.7 -15.0 44 10.3 -8.8 115 19 327.3 327.7 293.2 335.4 2.38 12 450 6721 -9.7 -21.6 37 11.9 -13.5 107 19 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.4 1.51 13 400 7620 -15.2 -27.0 36 11.9 -18.3 101 15 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.1 1.04 14 350 8616 -21.5 -37.5 22 16.0 -24.4 88 11 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.4 0.43 15 300 9733 -30.0 -45.6 21 15.5 -31.8 114 6 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.22 16 250 11004 -40.2 -55.2 19 15.0 -41.1 130 5 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 17 200 12483 -52.7 -64.0 24 11.2 -53.0 116 7 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14275 -68.1 -72.9 50 4.9 -68.1 105 20 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 19 100 16647 -76.3 -84.1 28 7.8 -76.3 87 22 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.38 m Freezing level: 550.69 mb = 5134.54 m = 16845.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4292.54 m = 14082.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.25 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.84 mb = 141.88 m = 465.47 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 24.08 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 930.96 m = 3054.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 3.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.63 C K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 411.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.79 mb = 687.81 m = 2256.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.79 mb = 3891.78 m = 12768.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.79 mb = 12424.24 m = 40761.43 ft B at Equ Level: 409.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.79 mb = 15494.19 m = 50833.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.9 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 161.9 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -4.2 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 70.75 Bulk Shear: 5.82 m/s