MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 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 100 SFC 988 208 31.5 16.8 42 14.6 21.3 307 4 305.7 308.0 294.9 342.5 12.30 2 950 562 31.4 14.0 35 17.4 19.6 286 7 309.0 311.0 294.6 341.3 10.61 3 900 1044 27.5 11.0 36 16.5 16.8 278 6 309.9 311.6 293.9 338.0 9.19 4 850 1546 23.4 7.4 36 16.0 13.5 275 5 310.7 312.1 292.8 334.1 7.61 5 800 2070 19.0 3.1 35 16.0 9.9 268 3 311.4 312.6 291.7 330.0 5.97 6 750 2619 14.1 2.6 46 11.6 7.6 208 2 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.1 6.15 7 700 3196 9.4 -0.8 49 10.2 4.0 188 3 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.1 5.15 8 650 3806 5.1 -3.6 53 8.7 0.7 193 3 314.7 315.5 291.5 329.0 4.49 9 600 4454 1.4 -9.4 44 10.8 -3.3 209 7 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.0 3.13 10 550 5151 -1.8 -17.4 29 15.6 -7.5 222 13 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.77 11 500 5901 -6.8 -21.9 29 15.2 -11.5 256 16 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.4 1.32 12 450 6714 -12.2 -15.0 80 2.7 -13.2 251 29 327.9 328.4 293.6 337.0 2.66 13 400 7606 -17.4 -19.1 86 1.7 -17.9 231 43 332.4 332.9 294.3 339.9 2.11 14 350 8592 -24.5 -26.6 82 2.2 -25.0 224 47 335.8 336.0 294.4 340.3 1.24 15 300 9697 -32.8 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.3 226 48 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.61 16 250 10955 -41.3 -46.7 56 5.4 -41.7 228 63 344.7 344.7 295.7 345.6 0.23 17 200 12441 -50.2 -61.3 26 11.1 -50.5 232 68 353.2 353.3 297.4 353.5 0.05 18 150 14267 -61.5 -75.1 15 13.6 -61.7 233 47 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16708 -71.3 -84.4 13 13.1 -71.4 222 16 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.02 m Freezing level: 577.82 mb = 4763.02 m = 15626.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.06 mb = 3917.73 m = 12853.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.73 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.43 mb = 2075.94 m = 6810.74 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.85 mb = 3268.57 m = 10723.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.88 C = 101.99 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.15 C Cross Totals Index: 14.14 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.93 mb = 2766.06 m = 9074.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.93 mb = 5870.60 m = 19260.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.93 mb = 7383.64 m = 24224.23 ft B at Equ Level: 31.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.93 mb = 9191.49 m = 30155.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -2.4 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.87 Bulk Shear: 4.08 m/s