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,-115.40 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -115.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 958 485 35.8 14.7 28 21.1 21.2 197 4 312.8 314.9 296.0 346.9 11.05 2 950 557 33.2 14.6 33 18.6 20.5 197 4 310.9 313.0 295.5 344.9 11.09 3 900 1041 28.5 13.4 39 15.1 18.3 194 4 310.9 312.9 295.3 343.9 10.77 4 850 1544 23.7 12.0 48 11.7 16.0 186 3 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.8 10.39 5 800 2070 18.7 10.2 58 8.5 13.3 172 3 311.1 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.84 6 750 2619 13.6 8.4 71 5.2 10.3 169 3 311.3 313.1 294.3 339.8 9.27 7 700 3195 8.6 5.2 79 3.4 6.6 197 3 312.0 313.5 293.4 336.5 7.93 8 650 3803 3.8 -2.5 63 6.3 0.6 242 8 313.3 314.2 291.3 328.7 4.88 9 600 4448 -0.6 -12.4 40 11.9 -5.3 264 16 315.5 315.9 289.8 323.5 2.45 10 550 5139 -3.0 -29.2 11 26.1 -10.0 252 21 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.7 0.62 11 500 5888 -7.1 -35.3 8 28.2 -13.3 245 27 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.8 0.38 12 450 6701 -12.3 -47.5 4 35.2 -17.6 239 34 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.12 13 400 7589 -17.8 -48.3 5 30.5 -21.9 236 41 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 14 350 8575 -24.2 -47.5 10 23.3 -27.0 230 48 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.15 15 300 9680 -32.3 -37.8 58 5.5 -33.1 229 58 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.7 0.49 16 250 10944 -40.0 -51.4 29 11.3 -40.8 226 66 346.6 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.13 17 200 12434 -50.0 -71.6 6 21.7 -50.4 229 62 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14255 -62.9 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 229 49 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16691 -72.0 -85.1 12 13.1 -72.1 211 22 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.82 m Freezing level: 606.41 mb = 4365.41 m = 14322.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.83 mb = 3867.65 m = 12688.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.86 % Est. max temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.78 mb = 3114.74 m = 10218.82 ft T: 9.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 24.22 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.60 mb = 3046.27 m = 9994.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.84 C = 94.70 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: 39.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 461.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.27 mb = 2945.20 m = 9662.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.27 mb = 3120.77 m = 10238.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.27 mb = 10005.01 m = 32824.45 ft B at Equ Level: 460.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.27 mb = 12884.02 m = 42269.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 37.82 Bulk Shear: 12.20 m/s