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: 33.33,-115.51 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -115.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 990 208 30.4 14.0 37 16.4 19.5 310 9 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.17 2 950 571 28.8 11.2 34 17.5 17.5 310 16 306.4 308.0 292.6 333.1 8.83 3 900 1049 25.8 9.2 35 16.6 15.4 316 14 308.1 309.7 292.5 333.0 8.16 4 850 1549 22.1 7.7 39 14.4 13.3 336 10 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.2 7.79 5 800 2071 17.8 6.9 49 10.9 11.2 12 6 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.81 6 750 2619 13.3 6.8 65 6.5 9.4 94 7 311.0 312.6 293.5 336.6 8.31 7 700 3195 8.8 3.1 67 5.7 5.5 124 12 312.2 313.5 292.7 333.5 6.84 8 650 3803 3.8 -0.4 74 4.2 1.6 139 13 313.3 314.4 292.0 331.3 5.72 9 600 4449 0.0 -2.1 85 2.1 -1.1 181 20 316.1 317.2 292.6 333.5 5.45 10 550 5142 -3.3 -4.9 89 1.6 -4.1 202 29 320.1 321.1 293.3 335.8 4.82 11 500 5891 -7.6 -9.6 86 1.9 -8.5 214 37 323.7 324.5 293.3 336.0 3.70 12 450 6704 -12.1 -13.4 90 1.3 -12.6 217 38 328.0 328.6 293.9 338.2 3.02 13 400 7596 -17.3 -19.1 86 1.8 -17.9 224 36 332.5 332.9 294.3 340.0 2.12 14 350 8583 -23.9 -27.5 72 3.6 -24.7 232 34 336.6 336.8 294.5 340.7 1.14 15 300 9690 -32.5 -37.1 64 4.6 -33.1 232 38 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.6 0.53 16 250 10950 -40.5 -48.5 42 8.0 -41.1 227 57 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.6 0.19 17 200 12440 -49.3 -78.8 2 29.5 -49.8 234 61 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.00 18 150 14270 -62.0 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.1 241 41 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16699 -72.4 -85.0 13 12.6 -72.5 228 16 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.37 m Freezing level: 599.98 mb = 4449.02 m = 14596.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.29 mb = 4180.52 m = 13715.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.19 % Est. max temperature: 35.43 C = 95.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.26 mb = 2293.79 m = 7525.47 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 5.35 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3519.43 m = 11546.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.72 C = 101.69 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: 2.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 15.35 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5835.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.59 mb = 2814.75 m = 9234.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.4 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 232.4 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.9 neg: -21.9 tot: 129.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 83.90 m/s