MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 149 1 950 595 SFC 903 1031 19.8 12.1 61 7.8 14.9 205 6 301.6 303.5 291.9 330.8 9.85 3 900 1063 19.7 11.1 57 8.6 14.3 200 6 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.2 9.25 4 850 1554 19.2 3.7 36 15.5 10.4 251 8 306.3 307.4 290.0 324.2 5.88 5 800 2073 17.0 -0.0 32 17.0 7.9 273 8 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.1 4.78 6 750 2619 13.1 -3.5 31 16.7 4.8 296 5 310.8 311.6 289.8 323.2 3.92 7 700 3193 8.3 -5.2 38 13.5 1.8 350 1 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.5 3.71 8 650 3799 3.1 -4.5 57 7.6 -0.6 125 4 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.8 4.22 9 600 4441 -2.0 -4.0 86 2.0 -3.0 126 8 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.8 4.74 10 550 5130 -4.9 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.4 160 13 318.3 319.0 291.8 330.4 3.72 11 500 5875 -7.6 -38.1 7 30.5 -13.8 237 9 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.8 0.29 12 450 6686 -13.2 -26.0 33 12.8 -16.6 255 21 326.6 326.8 291.7 330.2 1.02 13 400 7572 -18.0 -20.2 83 2.1 -18.7 233 29 331.6 332.0 293.9 338.4 1.93 14 350 8559 -24.0 -26.5 80 2.4 -24.6 209 37 336.4 336.6 294.6 340.9 1.26 15 300 9664 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 203 43 339.0 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10918 -44.0 -47.3 69 3.3 -44.2 210 60 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12385 -50.1 -64.7 16 14.6 -50.5 229 80 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.03 18 150 14221 -59.4 -83.1 3 23.7 -59.6 254 53 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16686 -69.8 -84.2 10 14.4 -69.8 226 15 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.67 m Freezing level: 619.70 mb = 4188.17 m = 13740.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.78 mb = 3651.99 m = 11981.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.98 mb = 2019.79 m = 6626.54 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.54 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.10 mb = 4061.19 m = 13323.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 5.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.40 C Showalter Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 11.32 C K Index: 17.02 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7852.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.60 mb = 3244.41 m = 10644.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 63.79 Bulk Shear: 0.48 m/s