MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 127 1 950 582 SFC 902 1032 21.5 13.5 60 8.0 16.3 203 9 303.5 305.5 293.2 335.7 10.83 3 900 1052 19.8 14.0 69 5.8 16.0 204 8 301.9 304.0 293.1 335.0 11.22 4 850 1541 16.2 11.3 73 4.9 13.1 195 11 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.7 9.95 5 800 2057 15.4 6.8 56 8.6 10.2 168 4 307.6 309.0 292.0 331.2 7.76 6 750 2602 12.6 4.0 56 8.6 7.6 42 5 310.2 311.5 292.0 331.3 6.81 7 700 3176 8.2 2.5 68 5.6 5.0 67 11 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.9 6.58 8 650 3783 3.5 -0.4 75 3.9 1.4 72 16 312.9 314.0 291.9 330.8 5.70 9 600 4429 -0.1 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.7 64 10 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.5 5.83 10 550 5122 -3.6 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.8 357 3 319.8 320.6 292.9 334.2 4.45 11 500 5870 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.1 -8.8 240 7 324.3 325.0 293.1 335.2 3.24 12 450 6683 -12.9 -17.1 71 4.2 -14.3 222 6 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.7 2.23 13 400 7574 -17.0 -19.0 84 2.0 -17.7 213 16 332.9 333.3 294.4 340.3 2.12 14 350 8563 -23.2 -25.4 82 2.2 -23.7 209 31 337.5 337.8 295.0 342.6 1.39 15 300 9675 -30.8 -33.6 76 2.8 -31.3 219 52 341.9 342.1 295.4 344.8 0.74 16 250 10941 -41.6 -45.0 70 3.3 -41.9 204 57 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12418 -51.0 -71.2 7 20.2 -51.4 224 60 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14247 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.8 233 36 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16694 -71.3 -82.8 17 11.5 -71.4 201 25 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.42 m Freezing level: 601.13 mb = 4414.56 m = 14483.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.20 mb = 4214.29 m = 13826.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.31 mb = 2043.02 m = 6702.75 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 4.50 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.71 mb = 3179.88 m = 10432.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: 2.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5525.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.47 mb = 2287.23 m = 7503.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 137.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -12.6 tot: 19.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 22.25 m/s