MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 134 1 950 589 SFC 903 1032 24.5 8.4 36 16.1 14.6 209 11 306.5 307.9 291.6 329.8 7.68 3 900 1060 21.8 8.9 44 12.9 13.8 209 11 304.0 305.4 291.1 327.9 7.96 4 850 1552 17.1 7.3 53 9.8 11.3 206 13 304.1 305.5 290.8 326.8 7.58 5 800 2066 14.4 5.2 54 9.2 9.0 203 7 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.95 6 750 2609 12.2 2.3 50 10.0 6.7 125 2 309.9 311.0 291.3 328.5 6.01 7 700 3184 8.4 1.9 64 6.4 4.8 95 6 311.8 313.0 292.1 331.4 6.30 8 650 3792 3.8 1.2 83 2.6 2.4 97 8 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.3 6.42 9 600 4437 -0.6 -2.1 89 1.6 -1.4 113 5 315.5 316.5 292.4 332.8 5.46 10 550 5129 -3.9 -5.2 91 1.3 -4.5 214 9 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.8 4.74 11 500 5877 -6.9 -15.2 52 8.3 -10.1 204 17 324.6 325.0 292.4 332.5 2.34 12 450 6692 -11.9 -26.3 29 14.4 -15.7 205 11 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.8 0.99 13 400 7580 -18.6 -21.2 80 2.6 -19.4 216 15 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.0 1.76 14 350 8568 -24.0 -26.0 83 2.0 -24.4 207 37 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.3 1.31 15 300 9675 -31.5 -34.5 75 3.0 -32.0 207 55 341.0 341.1 295.2 343.6 0.69 16 250 10939 -41.5 -44.8 70 3.3 -41.8 217 63 344.3 344.4 295.6 345.5 0.28 17 200 12417 -50.8 -67.2 13 16.4 -51.2 230 60 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14248 -60.2 -82.6 4 22.5 -60.4 244 40 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16697 -69.2 -82.0 14 12.9 -69.3 207 16 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.51 m Freezing level: 606.53 mb = 4352.87 m = 14280.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.49 mb = 4192.42 m = 13754.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.10 mb = 3041.23 m = 9977.65 ft T: 9.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 2.92 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.95 mb = 3867.05 m = 12687.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lifted Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 14.28 C K Index: 24.94 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7325.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.75 mb = 2860.20 m = 9383.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 219.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -12.0 tot: -4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 2.39 m/s