MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 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 81 SFC 956 484 28.7 13.5 39 15.3 18.6 271 6 305.8 307.7 293.4 336.5 10.20 2 950 541 29.6 13.6 38 16.0 18.9 274 9 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.5 10.34 3 900 1021 26.9 11.9 39 15.0 17.1 289 13 309.2 311.1 294.1 339.0 9.78 4 850 1523 23.3 10.3 44 13.0 15.0 299 9 310.6 312.3 294.1 339.2 9.32 5 800 2048 19.3 9.2 52 10.1 12.9 308 5 311.7 313.5 294.3 339.9 9.15 6 750 2599 14.8 7.7 62 7.1 10.3 303 6 312.6 314.3 294.3 339.9 8.81 7 700 3178 10.8 0.4 49 10.4 5.1 294 12 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.64 8 650 3792 7.6 -11.9 23 19.5 -0.7 271 14 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.36 9 600 4446 4.4 -15.2 23 19.5 -3.4 262 11 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.8 1.96 10 550 5149 1.2 -28.0 9 29.2 -7.4 262 8 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.69 11 500 5908 -4.6 -29.1 13 24.5 -11.2 270 9 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.69 12 450 6726 -11.3 -31.4 17 20.1 -16.1 262 17 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.61 13 400 7615 -19.0 -35.3 22 16.3 -22.0 256 27 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.47 14 350 8591 -26.9 -42.9 21 15.9 -28.9 246 37 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.25 15 300 9686 -34.1 -56.2 9 22.1 -35.5 238 42 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 16 250 10944 -40.7 -64.0 6 23.2 -41.7 231 49 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 17 200 12425 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -51.9 228 50 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14239 -63.7 -72.5 29 8.8 -63.8 224 35 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16678 -70.7 -85.0 10 14.3 -70.8 210 20 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.32 m Freezing level: 539.62 mb = 5306.80 m = 17410.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.33 mb = 3711.66 m = 12177.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.04 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.28 mb = 2426.57 m = 7961.08 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 14.54 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.06 mb = 3930.63 m = 12895.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.14 C = 106.05 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 14.93 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 590.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.87 mb = 2850.37 m = 9351.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 412.87 mb = 7375.76 m = 24198.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.87 mb = 9387.53 m = 30798.61 ft B at Equ Level: 69.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.87 mb = 10339.82 m = 33922.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1197.07 Bulk Shear: 0.06 m/s