MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 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 134 1 950 581 SFC 902 1032 21.4 11.7 54 9.7 15.2 227 3 303.4 305.2 292.3 332.0 9.61 3 900 1053 22.2 9.5 44 12.8 14.3 215 3 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.2 8.28 4 850 1549 21.8 1.5 26 20.3 10.5 308 10 309.0 309.9 290.1 324.5 5.02 5 800 2071 18.5 -3.0 23 21.5 7.5 324 11 310.9 311.6 289.6 323.0 3.83 6 750 2618 14.0 -5.4 26 19.3 4.5 334 8 311.8 312.4 289.6 322.6 3.42 7 700 3194 9.0 -3.4 42 12.3 2.8 6 2 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.9 4.26 8 650 3802 3.9 -3.0 61 6.9 0.5 136 4 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.72 9 600 4446 -1.2 -2.8 89 1.6 -2.0 140 14 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.1 5.20 10 550 5136 -4.5 -15.6 42 11.1 -8.5 172 17 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.7 2.07 11 500 5881 -8.0 -40.4 5 32.4 -14.2 229 14 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.23 12 450 6691 -12.9 -46.6 4 33.8 -18.0 242 29 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 13 400 7579 -18.2 -40.6 12 22.4 -21.9 239 37 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.28 14 350 8561 -24.6 -27.5 77 2.9 -25.2 226 45 335.6 335.9 294.3 339.8 1.15 15 300 9666 -32.8 -35.8 75 3.0 -33.3 211 56 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10920 -43.4 -47.3 65 3.9 -43.7 216 75 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.21 17 200 12393 -50.8 -69.6 9 18.8 -51.2 231 79 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14221 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.7 249 57 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16688 -69.4 -85.0 9 15.6 -69.5 233 12 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.62 m Freezing level: 611.94 mb = 4292.60 m = 14083.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.31 mb = 3923.11 m = 12870.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.10 mb = 2273.62 m = 7459.28 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.40 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 586.33 mb = 4629.03 m = 15186.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 5.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 9.50 C K Index: 18.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7358.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.83 mb = 3804.26 m = 12481.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.1 neg: -6.1 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 16.61 m/s