MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 120 1 950 577 SFC 902 1032 24.7 11.1 42 13.7 16.0 191 8 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.21 3 900 1051 22.9 11.4 48 11.5 15.5 195 8 305.1 306.9 292.7 333.6 9.47 4 850 1546 18.7 9.7 56 9.0 13.1 187 11 305.8 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.95 5 800 2062 14.2 8.3 68 5.9 10.6 184 12 306.3 307.9 292.4 332.4 8.63 6 750 2603 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 7.9 188 12 307.3 308.9 292.3 332.0 8.13 7 700 3174 7.1 3.9 80 3.2 5.3 197 8 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.7 7.24 8 650 3781 4.6 0.8 76 3.9 2.5 230 3 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.8 6.24 9 600 4430 0.7 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.4 224 6 317.0 318.1 293.1 335.1 5.71 10 550 5125 -2.6 -6.5 75 3.9 -4.4 243 7 321.0 321.8 293.0 335.0 4.29 11 500 5874 -7.4 -10.1 81 2.7 -8.5 220 9 324.0 324.7 293.3 335.9 3.55 12 450 6688 -11.8 -13.2 89 1.4 -12.3 218 23 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.9 3.08 13 400 7581 -16.7 -31.3 27 14.6 -20.0 222 31 333.3 333.5 293.3 335.9 0.70 14 350 8569 -24.3 -44.1 14 19.8 -26.9 223 35 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.22 15 300 9675 -31.4 -36.3 62 4.9 -32.1 216 50 341.1 341.3 295.1 343.3 0.57 16 250 10940 -41.4 -45.4 65 4.0 -41.8 218 54 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.26 17 200 12423 -49.8 -72.4 5 22.6 -50.3 227 48 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14252 -61.6 -82.9 4 21.3 -61.8 219 36 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16697 -70.2 -84.3 11 14.1 -70.2 184 14 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.98 m Freezing level: 589.12 mb = 4580.92 m = 15029.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4328.93 m = 14202.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.74 mb = 2739.31 m = 8987.13 ft T: 9.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.31 mb = 3228.74 m = 10592.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5784.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.02 mb = 2658.06 m = 8720.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 239.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -9.6 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.36 Bulk Shear: 1.42 m/s