MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 133 1 950 582 SFC 903 1031 26.7 5.9 26 20.8 14.2 208 3 308.8 310.0 291.3 328.6 6.44 3 900 1057 23.9 6.1 32 17.7 13.3 226 3 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.1 6.58 4 850 1552 19.3 5.1 39 14.2 11.0 221 3 306.3 307.6 290.6 326.0 6.47 5 800 2069 15.5 4.1 46 11.4 9.0 19 1 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.4 6.43 6 750 2612 11.5 2.5 54 9.0 6.5 38 5 309.0 310.2 291.1 327.9 6.12 7 700 3184 7.1 2.7 74 4.4 4.6 91 3 310.3 311.6 292.0 330.9 6.66 8 650 3790 3.4 0.6 82 2.8 1.9 210 6 312.8 313.9 292.3 332.0 6.16 9 600 4436 -0.4 -2.6 85 2.1 -1.5 231 14 315.6 316.6 292.3 332.4 5.28 10 550 5127 -3.7 -6.4 82 2.6 -5.0 225 16 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.7 4.32 11 500 5875 -7.7 -10.2 82 2.5 -8.7 219 17 323.7 324.4 293.2 335.4 3.54 12 450 6689 -12.0 -13.5 89 1.4 -12.6 216 21 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.4 3.01 13 400 7580 -17.3 -19.1 86 1.8 -17.9 207 30 332.5 332.9 294.3 339.9 2.10 14 350 8568 -24.0 -26.5 80 2.5 -24.6 210 39 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.0 1.25 15 300 9673 -33.0 -37.9 61 4.9 -33.7 209 54 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.7 0.48 16 250 10931 -41.1 -61.3 10 20.2 -42.0 215 57 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 17 200 12419 -49.0 -77.0 2 28.1 -49.5 222 60 355.3 355.3 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14254 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 237 42 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -69.6 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.7 227 12 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.73 m Freezing level: 605.86 mb = 4360.01 m = 14304.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.12 mb = 4143.68 m = 13594.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.00 mb = 3616.03 m = 11863.47 ft T: 4.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.33 mb = 4284.79 m = 14057.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 5.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 12.73 C K Index: 27.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7753.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.96 mb = 3361.98 m = 11029.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: -6.8 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 7.40 m/s