MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 33.56,-117.77 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -117.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 109 25.1 17.1 61 7.9 19.7 148 1 297.7 299.9 292.6 333.4 12.30 1 1000 160 25.0 13.7 49 11.3 17.7 162 1 298.2 299.9 290.9 326.9 9.88 2 950 608 21.9 10.8 49 11.1 15.0 140 2 299.4 300.9 290.2 324.6 8.59 3 900 1075 18.3 14.9 80 3.5 16.0 276 3 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.3 11.90 4 850 1563 15.5 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 166 1 302.4 304.5 293.3 335.8 11.29 5 800 2076 13.1 9.8 81 3.2 11.0 124 7 305.1 306.8 292.7 333.8 9.57 6 750 2617 10.5 3.8 63 6.8 6.7 99 9 308.0 309.3 291.3 328.6 6.71 7 700 3188 7.1 1.6 68 5.5 4.1 92 9 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.4 6.15 8 650 3794 2.8 -1.1 75 3.9 0.8 96 5 312.1 313.2 291.5 329.2 5.43 9 600 4437 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 238 4 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.3 5.09 10 550 5129 -3.7 -5.3 89 1.6 -4.5 232 15 319.6 320.6 293.0 334.8 4.68 11 500 5878 -6.8 -7.9 92 1.1 -7.3 219 29 324.7 325.6 294.0 338.8 4.24 12 450 6693 -11.6 -13.1 89 1.4 -12.2 215 36 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.2 3.11 13 400 7586 -17.4 -19.3 85 1.9 -18.0 208 43 332.4 332.8 294.3 339.7 2.08 14 350 8572 -24.1 -26.4 81 2.3 -24.6 203 44 336.3 336.6 294.6 340.9 1.27 15 300 9679 -32.4 -35.2 76 2.8 -32.8 198 42 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.64 16 250 10937 -42.0 -45.4 70 3.4 -42.3 205 54 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12416 -50.6 -69.7 9 19.1 -51.0 222 70 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.02 18 150 14247 -60.8 -82.2 4 21.4 -61.0 250 48 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16695 -70.4 -85.0 10 14.6 -70.5 219 11 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.58 m Freezing level: 611.74 mb = 4285.79 m = 14060.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.81 mb = 3970.98 m = 13027.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.67 mb = 1115.77 m = 3660.60 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.85 mb = 2968.18 m = 9737.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.82 C = 98.28 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 5.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 30.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7821.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.66 mb = 1757.82 m = 5767.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.0 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 223.0 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -14.0 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 8.04 m/s