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: 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 158 1 950 610 SFC 905 1032 22.3 1.7 26 20.6 11.0 188 9 304.0 304.9 288.3 318.6 4.78 3 900 1078 20.1 1.9 30 18.3 10.3 191 9 302.3 303.2 287.8 317.0 4.86 4 850 1566 16.6 -0.0 32 16.6 7.9 182 12 303.5 304.3 287.8 317.2 4.49 5 800 2080 14.8 -4.9 25 19.6 5.3 164 7 306.9 307.5 287.9 317.3 3.33 6 750 2622 12.3 -8.0 23 20.3 3.1 77 4 309.9 310.4 288.3 318.8 2.79 7 700 3195 7.6 -4.1 43 11.7 1.9 90 8 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.5 4.02 8 650 3800 2.8 -1.3 74 4.1 0.7 133 6 312.2 313.2 291.4 329.0 5.36 9 600 4444 -0.9 -1.7 94 0.8 -1.3 228 10 315.1 316.2 292.5 333.0 5.65 10 550 5136 -3.6 -4.5 93 0.9 -4.1 230 25 319.8 320.8 293.3 335.9 4.98 11 500 5883 -7.5 -13.6 62 6.1 -9.9 222 13 323.8 324.4 292.5 332.8 2.67 12 450 6695 -13.2 -17.6 70 4.4 -14.7 225 10 326.6 327.1 292.8 334.0 2.14 13 400 7584 -17.2 -19.4 83 2.2 -18.0 210 27 332.6 333.0 294.3 339.8 2.05 14 350 8571 -24.4 -27.0 79 2.6 -25.0 211 39 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.3 1.19 15 300 9677 -32.3 -35.9 70 3.6 -32.9 206 49 339.8 340.0 294.8 342.1 0.60 16 250 10936 -41.7 -51.7 33 10.0 -42.3 215 60 344.0 344.1 295.4 344.6 0.13 17 200 12418 -49.6 -74.7 4 25.1 -50.1 228 59 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14257 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 241 40 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16703 -70.6 -84.7 11 14.0 -70.7 245 19 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.53 m Freezing level: 611.64 mb = 4294.06 m = 14087.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.86 mb = 4027.86 m = 13214.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.86 mb = 3603.34 m = 11821.83 ft T: 4.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 500.20 mb = 5880.39 m = 19292.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.53 C = 106.76 F Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lifted Index: 10.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.32 C Showalter Index: 10.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 7.53 C K Index: 12.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10840.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.89 mb = 3751.48 m = 12307.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -38.1 tot: -3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.29 Bulk Shear: 2.08 m/s