MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.56,-117.91 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -117.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 20 22.1 17.6 76 4.4 19.1 253 1 293.8 296.1 291.6 329.7 12.57 1 1000 164 22.1 11.5 51 10.6 15.5 204 0 295.2 296.8 288.7 319.8 8.52 2 950 610 22.0 6.5 37 15.4 13.0 184 4 299.5 300.7 288.2 318.5 6.41 3 900 1077 19.2 8.4 50 10.8 12.7 131 6 301.3 302.7 290.0 324.2 7.71 4 850 1566 16.5 5.1 47 11.4 10.0 119 6 303.5 304.6 289.6 323.0 6.48 5 800 2079 13.8 1.5 43 12.3 7.2 108 6 305.8 306.8 289.4 322.1 5.33 6 750 2620 10.8 0.0 47 10.8 5.1 102 7 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.1 5.10 7 700 3191 6.9 1.4 68 5.5 3.9 168 5 310.2 311.3 291.4 328.9 6.06 8 650 3796 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 212 15 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.6 6.46 9 600 4441 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 210 22 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.12 10 550 5134 -3.2 -4.2 93 1.0 -3.7 213 19 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.9 5.11 11 500 5882 -8.4 -12.8 70 4.4 -10.1 230 8 322.8 323.4 292.3 332.4 2.86 12 450 6692 -12.4 -14.6 84 2.2 -13.2 221 12 327.6 328.2 293.6 337.0 2.74 13 400 7584 -17.5 -19.6 84 2.1 -18.2 204 25 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.3 2.02 14 350 8571 -24.3 -26.8 79 2.5 -24.9 206 39 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.5 1.22 15 300 9676 -33.1 -36.8 69 3.7 -33.6 208 47 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.8 0.54 16 250 10934 -41.3 -60.0 11 18.7 -42.2 219 60 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 17 200 12418 -49.3 -74.9 3 25.6 -49.8 226 58 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14261 -60.0 -83.5 3 23.5 -60.2 234 35 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16701 -71.1 -84.6 12 13.5 -71.1 243 19 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.28 m Freezing level: 604.20 mb = 4386.89 m = 14392.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.91 mb = 4322.31 m = 14180.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.48 mb = 587.32 m = 1926.88 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.52 mb = 3652.41 m = 11982.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.26 C = 104.46 F Cap Strength: 7.87 C Lifted Index: 7.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.28 C Showalter Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.46 C K Index: 24.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9894.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.75 mb = 2018.14 m = 6621.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.9 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 224.9 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -6.3 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 10.41 m/s