MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 33.33,-115.51 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -115.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 988 208 36.9 16.9 31 20.0 22.8 229 6 311.1 313.4 296.4 348.9 12.34 2 950 561 31.6 14.6 36 16.9 20.1 229 7 309.2 311.3 295.0 343.0 11.09 3 900 1043 27.4 10.6 35 16.9 16.5 224 6 309.8 311.4 293.6 337.1 8.92 4 850 1545 23.4 7.6 36 15.8 13.6 209 3 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.5 7.72 5 800 2069 18.8 5.2 41 13.6 10.7 126 1 311.2 312.6 292.5 332.8 6.97 6 750 2618 14.0 2.1 45 11.9 7.3 102 1 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.3 5.94 7 700 3194 9.0 -1.6 47 10.6 3.5 242 2 312.4 313.4 291.0 327.7 4.86 8 650 3802 3.8 -7.3 44 11.1 -1.3 258 7 313.3 313.9 290.0 324.1 3.39 9 600 4446 -0.3 -15.0 32 14.7 -5.8 268 16 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.3 1.98 10 550 5138 -2.5 -31.5 9 28.9 -9.9 252 21 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.50 11 500 5887 -7.0 -34.9 9 27.9 -13.2 245 27 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.39 12 450 6700 -12.2 -44.6 5 32.4 -17.5 238 34 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.16 13 400 7589 -17.8 -47.1 6 29.3 -21.8 235 41 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 14 350 8574 -24.3 -47.8 9 23.5 -27.0 229 49 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.15 15 300 9680 -32.4 -37.2 62 4.8 -33.1 228 58 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.7 0.52 16 250 10944 -40.1 -50.2 33 10.2 -40.8 226 66 346.5 346.5 296.0 347.1 0.15 17 200 12433 -49.9 -72.2 6 22.3 -50.4 229 62 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14254 -62.9 -77.0 13 14.1 -63.0 229 49 361.7 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16691 -72.2 -85.3 12 13.1 -72.2 210 22 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.83 m Freezing level: 603.89 mb = 4395.89 m = 14422.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.37 mb = 3634.74 m = 11924.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.07 % Est. max temperature: 36.60 C = 97.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.54 mb = 2712.56 m = 8899.37 ft T: 13.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 26.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3168.50 m = 10395.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.18 C = 100.73 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.41 C Cross Totals Index: 14.58 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.25 mb = 2863.61 m = 9394.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.25 mb = 3513.51 m = 11527.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.25 mb = 8926.05 m = 29284.58 ft B at Equ Level: 206.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.25 mb = 11406.33 m = 37421.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -15.0 tot: -10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 80.15 Bulk Shear: 2.58 m/s