MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 590 SFC 903 1032 24.4 6.5 32 17.9 13.7 222 5 306.3 307.6 290.8 326.8 6.74 3 900 1061 22.2 6.8 37 15.4 13.0 222 5 304.4 305.6 290.3 325.1 6.89 4 850 1554 18.8 4.2 38 14.6 10.4 213 5 305.9 307.0 290.1 324.4 6.09 5 800 2071 16.0 1.7 38 14.3 8.2 187 3 308.2 309.2 290.3 325.0 5.42 6 750 2617 13.1 -1.0 38 14.0 5.7 99 4 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.6 4.75 7 700 3192 8.8 -0.7 51 9.5 3.8 100 8 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.5 5.20 8 650 3800 4.0 -1.2 69 5.2 1.3 122 9 313.5 314.6 291.9 330.6 5.42 9 600 4445 -1.0 -2.2 92 1.1 -1.6 171 9 314.9 316.0 292.3 332.2 5.45 10 550 5135 -4.5 -10.0 66 5.5 -6.8 209 18 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.3 3.25 11 500 5881 -7.5 -24.0 25 16.5 -12.3 205 19 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.10 12 450 6694 -11.5 -39.9 8 28.4 -16.8 216 14 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.26 13 400 7584 -18.9 -22.7 72 3.8 -19.9 246 17 330.5 330.8 293.3 335.9 1.54 14 350 8568 -24.4 -26.8 80 2.4 -24.9 213 39 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.3 1.22 15 300 9672 -32.6 -35.6 74 3.1 -33.0 207 51 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.61 16 250 10933 -41.5 -46.0 62 4.5 -41.9 222 67 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.3 0.25 17 200 12407 -52.5 -60.6 37 8.2 -52.7 237 75 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14237 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 253 41 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16696 -69.0 -85.3 8 16.3 -69.1 209 14 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.58 m Freezing level: 610.17 mb = 4314.13 m = 14153.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.39 mb = 4085.41 m = 13403.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.25 mb = 3271.26 m = 10732.36 ft T: 8.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 606.15 mb = 4363.10 m = 14314.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.55 C = 90.60 F Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lifted Index: 6.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.59 C Showalter Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 11.68 C K Index: 21.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 79.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8461.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.98 mb = 3393.81 m = 11134.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.7 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 220.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s