MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 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 163 1 950 610 SFC 905 1032 18.7 7.5 48 11.2 12.1 191 8 300.4 301.7 289.3 321.7 7.21 3 900 1075 17.9 6.2 46 11.7 11.2 189 8 300.0 301.2 288.6 319.6 6.62 4 850 1562 17.0 -4.9 22 21.9 6.5 198 12 303.9 304.5 286.6 313.6 3.12 5 800 2076 15.7 -9.5 17 25.2 4.5 230 5 307.9 308.3 287.2 315.3 2.32 6 750 2620 12.9 -12.7 15 25.6 2.2 7 3 310.6 310.9 287.7 316.8 1.92 7 700 3194 8.5 -11.9 22 20.4 0.0 58 7 311.9 312.3 288.4 319.0 2.19 8 650 3800 3.4 -7.7 44 11.1 -1.6 86 8 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.4 3.30 9 600 4443 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.6 150 10 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.6 4.73 10 550 5133 -4.5 -9.0 71 4.5 -6.4 191 17 318.8 319.5 291.8 330.3 3.52 11 500 5880 -7.5 -19.8 37 12.3 -11.5 229 15 323.9 324.2 291.6 329.4 1.59 12 450 6691 -13.2 -16.3 78 3.0 -14.3 237 18 326.6 327.1 293.0 334.8 2.39 13 400 7579 -18.0 -20.0 84 2.1 -18.6 215 23 331.6 332.0 293.9 338.4 1.95 14 350 8566 -24.0 -26.5 80 2.5 -24.6 201 36 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.0 1.26 15 300 9671 -32.8 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 206 45 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10925 -43.4 -47.1 67 3.7 -43.6 210 59 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.22 17 200 12399 -50.5 -70.5 8 20.0 -50.9 236 67 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14242 -58.3 -83.4 3 25.1 -58.6 247 38 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -71.4 -84.4 13 13.0 -71.5 232 26 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.31 m Freezing level: 613.98 mb = 4263.48 m = 13987.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.38 mb = 3201.23 m = 10502.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.31 mb = 2449.84 m = 8037.43 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.14 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 485.25 mb = 6110.66 m = 20047.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.37 C = 108.26 F Cap Strength: 9.10 C Lifted Index: 11.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.45 C Showalter Index: 12.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 2.57 C K Index: -0.84 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11325.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.51 mb = 3880.70 m = 12731.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.0 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 232.0 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: -4.5 tot: 51.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 67.56 Bulk Shear: 0.47 m/s