MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.33,-115.51 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -115.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 990 208 32.4 16.2 38 16.2 21.3 260 3 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.8 11.77 2 950 578 27.1 14.6 46 12.6 18.7 265 3 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.7 11.03 3 900 1053 23.3 13.1 53 10.2 16.6 298 3 305.5 307.5 293.6 337.3 10.58 4 850 1549 19.8 11.6 59 8.3 14.5 288 6 306.9 308.8 293.7 337.5 10.13 5 800 2068 16.6 9.0 61 7.6 11.8 269 14 308.8 310.5 293.4 336.3 9.02 6 750 2615 12.9 6.7 66 6.2 9.2 255 16 310.6 312.2 293.3 336.0 8.26 7 700 3191 9.2 4.5 73 4.7 6.5 244 19 312.7 314.1 293.4 336.3 7.59 8 650 3802 6.2 -4.9 45 11.1 0.8 239 24 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.2 4.10 9 600 4453 2.4 -11.8 34 14.2 -3.6 240 24 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.4 2.58 10 550 5152 -0.2 -20.7 20 20.6 -7.2 247 20 323.9 324.1 291.3 328.5 1.33 11 500 5908 -4.9 -34.9 7 30.0 -11.9 256 18 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 12 450 6726 -11.3 -36.3 11 25.0 -16.4 253 24 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.38 13 400 7616 -18.2 -42.8 10 24.6 -22.0 253 31 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 14 350 8596 -25.7 -44.5 15 18.9 -28.0 238 41 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.21 15 300 9698 -32.2 -66.5 2 34.3 -34.0 237 40 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.02 16 250 10962 -40.3 -64.9 5 24.6 -41.3 230 45 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12448 -50.9 -72.2 6 21.3 -51.3 226 41 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14259 -64.1 -74.7 22 10.6 -64.2 222 30 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16695 -70.3 -83.6 12 13.3 -70.4 201 14 392.0 392.0 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.29 m Freezing level: 553.68 mb = 5100.68 m = 16734.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.99 mb = 3915.79 m = 12846.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.71 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.10 mb = 2249.14 m = 7378.99 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.57 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.30 mb = 3045.68 m = 9992.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.16 C = 100.68 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: 2.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4247.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.28 mb = 2247.24 m = 7372.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -9.0 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 21.24 m/s