MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 33.35,-115.88 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -115.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -14 27.8 17.8 55 10.0 20.9 340 7 299.6 302.0 293.5 336.8 12.71 1 1000 118 27.4 14.5 45 12.9 18.9 341 9 300.6 302.5 292.1 331.3 10.46 2 950 570 24.6 14.9 55 9.7 18.1 350 5 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.4 11.25 3 900 1042 22.7 14.4 59 8.3 17.1 264 7 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.4 11.54 4 850 1539 20.5 11.9 58 8.7 14.9 246 16 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.0 10.34 5 800 2059 16.4 11.2 71 5.2 13.0 242 19 308.6 310.6 294.4 340.6 10.52 6 750 2605 11.9 9.8 87 2.1 10.6 236 21 309.5 311.5 294.5 340.7 10.22 7 700 3180 8.0 7.2 95 0.8 7.5 234 26 311.3 313.0 294.1 339.4 9.13 8 650 3788 4.7 2.2 84 2.5 3.3 234 33 314.3 315.6 293.3 336.0 6.93 9 600 4438 1.6 0.1 90 1.5 0.8 241 30 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.5 6.44 10 550 5135 -2.3 -3.8 89 1.5 -3.1 232 30 321.3 322.3 293.9 338.4 5.25 11 500 5889 -4.8 -8.9 73 4.1 -6.7 228 33 327.2 328.0 294.4 340.3 3.92 12 450 6709 -10.8 -14.1 77 3.3 -12.1 228 32 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.4 2.85 13 400 7603 -17.2 -28.5 37 11.3 -19.9 226 37 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.0 0.91 14 350 8589 -24.2 -45.6 12 21.4 -26.9 224 37 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.18 15 300 9698 -31.4 -56.0 7 24.6 -33.3 216 49 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 16 250 10966 -39.8 -55.9 16 16.2 -40.7 213 57 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.08 17 200 12454 -50.5 -63.4 20 12.9 -50.9 224 53 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.9 0.04 18 150 14275 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 203 28 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -72.5 -83.1 19 10.6 -72.5 216 17 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.30 m Freezing level: 579.73 mb = 4720.59 m = 15487.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.90 mb = 4574.15 m = 15006.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 34.97 C = 94.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.54 mb = 1261.79 m = 4139.69 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.44 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2769.53 m = 9086.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.22 C = 100.80 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5423.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.95 mb = 1785.26 m = 5857.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: -6.9 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 86.56 m/s