MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 122 1 950 576 SFC 902 1032 22.2 11.3 50 10.8 15.3 211 5 304.2 305.9 292.3 332.2 9.37 3 900 1048 21.8 11.8 53 10.0 15.4 209 6 304.0 305.8 292.5 333.0 9.71 4 850 1541 18.4 10.1 58 8.3 13.2 195 9 305.4 307.1 292.5 333.0 9.18 5 800 2058 14.8 8.3 65 6.5 10.9 196 7 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.2 8.65 6 750 2601 10.9 6.4 73 4.6 8.2 224 5 308.5 310.0 292.5 333.0 8.05 7 700 3173 7.5 3.4 75 4.1 5.2 256 5 310.8 312.1 292.4 332.5 7.00 8 650 3781 4.3 0.3 75 4.1 2.1 228 5 313.9 315.0 292.4 332.8 6.01 9 600 4429 1.4 -3.5 70 4.9 -1.1 222 5 317.7 318.7 292.7 333.5 4.91 10 550 5126 -2.0 -7.8 64 5.8 -4.7 223 4 321.7 322.5 292.9 334.4 3.86 11 500 5877 -7.3 -10.7 77 3.4 -8.7 240 10 324.1 324.8 293.2 335.4 3.39 12 450 6690 -11.4 -25.1 31 13.7 -15.2 240 24 328.9 329.1 292.5 332.8 1.11 13 400 7584 -17.2 -40.4 11 23.2 -21.1 228 33 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 14 350 8569 -24.5 -40.0 22 15.5 -26.8 231 36 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.34 15 300 9676 -32.2 -36.1 69 3.8 -32.8 208 50 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.2 0.58 16 250 10937 -40.7 -62.9 7 22.2 -41.6 222 50 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 17 200 12426 -49.8 -70.9 7 21.1 -50.3 229 50 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14251 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.3 212 40 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16699 -70.3 -83.8 12 13.5 -70.4 180 17 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.63 m Freezing level: 579.60 mb = 4713.62 m = 15464.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.97 mb = 4203.37 m = 13790.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.08 mb = 2400.60 m = 7875.87 ft T: 12.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.75 mb = 3246.81 m = 10652.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.42 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6045.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.30 mb = 2586.31 m = 8485.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 2.24 m/s