MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 20.81,-117.21 Latitude: 20.81 Longitude: -117.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 24.6 24.1 97 0.6 24.2 274 0 296.5 300.0 296.9 351.1 18.89 1 1000 125 23.2 23.0 99 0.2 23.1 232 0 296.3 299.6 296.3 348.2 17.97 2 950 575 21.3 19.6 90 1.7 20.1 224 6 298.8 301.6 295.1 343.3 15.29 3 900 1043 19.4 16.5 83 3.0 17.4 201 9 301.5 304.0 294.4 340.4 13.21 4 850 1535 18.4 13.1 71 5.2 15.0 192 11 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.1 11.25 5 800 2054 16.5 9.4 63 7.1 12.0 189 13 308.8 310.5 293.6 337.0 9.29 6 750 2601 13.9 6.2 60 7.7 9.2 183 13 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.2 7.95 7 700 3180 10.6 3.7 62 6.9 6.6 172 12 314.2 315.6 293.4 336.6 7.15 8 650 3794 7.1 -1.5 54 8.6 2.5 159 12 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.8 5.27 9 600 4447 3.3 -7.9 44 11.2 -1.9 151 12 320.0 320.6 292.1 331.5 3.52 10 550 5147 -0.3 -14.1 34 13.8 -5.9 155 11 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.33 11 500 5903 -4.4 -17.0 37 12.7 -9.1 151 10 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.6 2.01 12 450 6726 -8.8 -21.7 34 12.9 -12.9 142 9 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.6 1.50 13 400 7629 -14.0 -29.8 25 15.8 -18.0 137 7 336.8 336.9 294.3 339.8 0.80 14 350 8628 -21.3 -32.8 35 11.5 -23.7 59 3 340.1 340.2 295.0 342.7 0.69 15 300 9746 -30.1 -44.7 23 14.6 -31.7 80 5 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.0 0.24 16 250 11016 -40.5 -50.4 34 9.9 -41.2 68 9 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.5 0.15 17 200 12493 -52.7 -59.7 42 7.0 -52.9 65 5 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.06 18 150 14287 -67.4 -72.5 48 5.1 -67.5 56 6 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16671 -75.6 -83.6 28 8.0 -75.6 105 19 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.13 m Freezing level: 554.54 mb = 5083.69 m = 16678.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.11 mb = 4164.70 m = 13663.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.55 mb = 68.46 m = 224.62 ft T: 23.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.93 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 971.50 m = 3187.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.59 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1981.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.68 mb = 604.88 m = 1984.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.5 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 202.5 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -11.2 tot: -11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 11.94 m/s