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: 33.89,-118.17 Latitude: 33.89 Longitude: -118.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 25 24.5 15.8 58 8.8 18.8 120 3 296.4 298.4 291.3 328.6 11.16 1 1000 161 22.5 15.4 64 7.1 17.9 114 3 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.6 11.09 2 950 607 21.0 8.4 44 12.6 13.5 151 4 298.5 299.8 288.7 319.9 7.28 3 900 1073 18.5 13.3 72 5.2 15.1 256 8 300.5 302.5 292.3 332.1 10.73 4 850 1562 16.3 8.8 61 7.4 11.7 226 2 303.2 304.8 291.2 328.3 8.42 5 800 2075 13.2 8.5 73 4.8 10.3 132 5 305.3 306.9 292.1 331.5 8.73 6 750 2616 11.0 2.6 56 8.4 6.3 101 8 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.4 6.15 7 700 3188 7.3 0.1 60 7.1 3.5 93 12 310.5 311.6 291.0 327.7 5.52 8 650 3793 2.5 0.7 88 1.8 1.5 91 14 311.8 313.0 292.0 331.1 6.20 9 600 4436 -1.2 -4.5 78 3.3 -2.8 104 11 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.3 4.57 10 550 5127 -3.2 -16.1 36 13.0 -7.9 154 4 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.0 1.97 11 500 5875 -7.8 -20.3 36 12.4 -11.8 255 10 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.8 1.53 12 450 6686 -12.2 -15.3 78 3.1 -13.3 238 20 327.9 328.4 293.5 336.7 2.58 13 400 7579 -17.4 -19.4 85 2.0 -18.0 217 35 332.4 332.8 294.2 339.6 2.06 14 350 8564 -24.5 -26.9 80 2.5 -25.1 208 41 335.8 336.0 294.4 340.2 1.20 15 300 9669 -32.5 -35.5 75 3.0 -33.0 197 43 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.62 16 250 10926 -42.8 -46.1 70 3.4 -43.0 203 57 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.24 17 200 12402 -50.5 -72.9 5 22.5 -50.9 224 72 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14233 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 251 52 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16691 -69.9 -85.3 9 15.5 -69.9 207 12 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.86 m Freezing level: 616.07 mb = 4229.15 m = 13874.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.20 mb = 4015.80 m = 13175.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.31 mb = 1136.95 m = 3730.10 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.67 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3185.94 m = 10452.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.76 C = 101.76 F Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lifted Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.01 C Showalter Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 25.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8117.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.21 mb = 1669.99 m = 5478.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 148.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.24 Bulk Shear: 2.60 m/s