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: 33.44,-115.32 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -115.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 956 500 35.7 14.7 29 20.9 21.2 166 3 312.8 314.9 296.0 347.0 11.08 2 950 556 33.5 14.7 32 18.8 20.6 158 3 311.2 313.3 295.6 345.3 11.12 3 900 1040 28.7 13.7 40 15.0 18.5 163 3 311.1 313.2 295.4 344.8 11.01 4 850 1544 23.8 12.6 50 11.1 16.3 164 3 311.0 313.1 295.4 344.4 10.87 5 800 2070 18.7 11.2 62 7.5 13.8 164 3 311.1 313.1 295.1 343.3 10.52 6 750 2619 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 166 3 311.1 313.1 294.8 342.2 10.12 7 700 3195 8.5 6.4 87 2.1 7.2 202 4 311.9 313.5 294.0 338.6 8.65 8 650 3804 3.8 -0.7 73 4.5 1.5 244 10 313.3 314.3 292.0 330.9 5.62 9 600 4448 -0.6 -10.0 49 9.4 -4.6 263 18 315.4 316.0 290.3 325.1 2.97 10 550 5139 -3.1 -26.0 15 22.9 -9.6 252 22 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.4 0.84 11 500 5888 -7.0 -35.2 8 28.2 -13.3 246 28 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.38 12 450 6702 -12.2 -47.1 4 34.9 -17.6 239 34 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.4 0.12 13 400 7590 -17.7 -47.3 6 29.6 -21.8 236 41 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 14 350 8576 -24.2 -45.8 12 21.6 -26.9 230 48 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.9 0.18 15 300 9682 -32.3 -37.7 59 5.4 -33.0 229 57 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.8 0.50 16 250 10946 -40.0 -51.4 29 11.4 -40.8 226 65 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.2 0.13 17 200 12436 -50.0 -69.3 8 19.4 -50.4 229 61 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14256 -63.0 -77.0 13 14.0 -63.1 229 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16691 -72.0 -85.3 12 13.3 -72.1 212 22 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.69 m Freezing level: 606.82 mb = 4360.54 m = 14306.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.70 mb = 3957.52 m = 12983.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.13 mb = 3110.64 m = 10205.37 ft T: 9.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 23.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.68 mb = 2986.91 m = 9799.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.07 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 41.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.64 mb = 2929.28 m = 9610.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.64 mb = 3104.51 m = 10185.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.64 mb = 10218.60 m = 33525.17 ft B at Equ Level: 550.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.64 mb = 13185.71 m = 43259.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 27.19 Bulk Shear: 20.33 m/s