MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 129 1 950 581 SFC 902 1032 20.6 11.3 55 9.3 14.7 207 4 302.5 304.2 291.8 330.3 9.36 3 900 1051 21.1 11.8 56 9.2 15.1 203 4 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.73 4 850 1544 18.4 9.9 57 8.6 13.1 220 7 305.5 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.02 5 800 2061 15.4 7.9 61 7.5 10.8 251 6 307.5 309.1 292.5 333.0 8.36 6 750 2605 11.5 5.4 66 6.1 7.9 269 5 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.1 7.50 7 700 3178 7.7 3.2 73 4.5 5.1 247 6 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.3 6.88 8 650 3786 4.8 -0.2 70 5.0 2.1 217 9 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.7 5.82 9 600 4435 1.6 -3.5 69 5.1 -1.0 208 13 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.9 4.94 10 550 5132 -2.1 -7.5 66 5.4 -4.6 218 11 321.6 322.3 292.9 334.6 3.95 11 500 5882 -6.8 -16.2 47 9.4 -10.3 237 15 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.0 2.15 12 450 6699 -10.6 -51.3 2 40.7 -16.6 245 28 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 13 400 7591 -17.0 -47.2 5 30.3 -21.2 227 32 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.14 14 350 8575 -25.4 -43.9 16 18.4 -27.8 229 42 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.22 15 300 9676 -32.6 -52.4 12 19.8 -34.1 218 48 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.10 16 250 10941 -39.7 -67.1 4 27.3 -40.8 224 52 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 12433 -49.5 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 226 56 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14259 -62.3 -79.7 8 17.4 -62.4 210 45 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16710 -69.9 -83.9 11 14.0 -70.0 182 16 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.67 m Freezing level: 578.37 mb = 4736.72 m = 15540.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4225.56 m = 13863.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.21 mb = 2207.63 m = 7242.80 ft T: 14.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.89 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.45 mb = 3398.31 m = 11149.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 16.71 C K Index: 30.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5642.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.59 mb = 2609.44 m = 8561.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -4.0 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.17 Bulk Shear: 5.67 m/s