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: 33.61,-118.66 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -118.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -0 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 138 2 290.6 292.9 291.2 328.3 13.42 1 1000 161 19.4 14.6 74 4.8 16.4 121 5 292.5 294.4 289.5 322.5 10.52 2 950 604 20.4 16.0 76 4.4 17.4 239 12 297.9 300.1 292.5 333.0 12.10 3 900 1070 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 213 9 300.5 302.6 293.0 335.0 11.77 4 850 1560 16.4 12.1 76 4.3 13.7 283 2 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.6 10.50 5 800 2074 13.7 10.6 81 3.1 11.7 110 6 305.7 307.6 293.3 336.0 10.06 6 750 2616 11.0 2.4 56 8.5 6.2 95 11 308.5 309.6 290.9 327.2 6.08 7 700 3188 7.1 -0.4 59 7.5 3.2 89 16 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.9 5.31 8 650 3792 2.4 -1.7 74 4.1 0.3 95 15 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.9 5.19 9 600 4434 -1.1 -6.4 67 5.3 -3.5 106 11 314.9 315.6 291.0 327.6 3.96 10 550 5126 -3.6 -12.9 48 9.3 -7.2 133 6 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.4 2.58 11 500 5874 -6.7 -37.5 7 30.8 -13.2 251 7 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.30 12 450 6686 -13.4 -22.4 47 9.0 -16.0 255 18 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.41 13 400 7575 -17.8 -19.9 84 2.1 -18.4 220 30 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.9 1.98 14 350 8561 -24.5 -27.0 80 2.5 -25.1 203 39 335.7 335.9 294.3 340.0 1.19 15 300 9665 -32.8 -35.8 74 3.0 -33.2 197 42 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.60 16 250 10920 -42.7 -48.6 52 5.9 -43.1 204 59 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12398 -50.3 -76.3 3 26.0 -50.8 222 69 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14229 -60.5 -81.7 5 21.2 -60.7 249 52 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16690 -69.5 -85.5 8 15.9 -69.6 208 11 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.34 m Freezing level: 615.73 mb = 4232.06 m = 13884.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.25 mb = 3838.27 m = 12592.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1014.87 mb = 34.47 m = 113.08 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2368.50 m = 7770.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.34 F Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lifted Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7250.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.64 mb = 959.70 m = 3148.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 148.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -10.5 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 8.38 m/s