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: 33.44,-115.32 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -115.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 957 499 29.7 12.8 36 16.8 18.6 306 7 306.6 308.4 293.3 336.1 9.77 2 950 569 28.9 12.3 36 16.6 18.0 320 11 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.1 9.48 3 900 1048 26.7 9.5 34 17.3 15.8 336 12 309.1 310.6 292.9 334.4 8.29 4 850 1549 22.7 8.2 39 14.5 13.7 354 9 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.6 8.05 5 800 2072 18.0 8.6 54 9.4 12.1 33 5 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.4 8.81 6 750 2620 13.3 8.6 73 4.7 10.4 110 7 311.0 312.8 294.3 340.0 9.42 7 700 3197 8.8 3.6 70 5.2 5.8 126 10 312.3 313.6 292.9 334.4 7.11 8 650 3805 3.8 -0.2 75 4.0 1.7 150 12 313.3 314.4 292.1 331.5 5.80 9 600 4450 -0.0 -2.7 82 2.7 -1.4 187 18 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.7 5.23 10 550 5144 -3.4 -5.6 84 2.3 -4.4 202 25 320.1 321.0 293.0 334.9 4.57 11 500 5891 -7.6 -9.6 86 2.0 -8.5 215 35 323.7 324.5 293.3 336.0 3.69 12 450 6705 -12.2 -13.9 87 1.7 -12.8 217 37 327.9 328.5 293.8 337.8 2.91 13 400 7597 -17.1 -19.2 84 2.1 -17.8 224 35 332.7 333.1 294.3 340.0 2.09 14 350 8585 -23.9 -28.3 67 4.4 -24.9 233 34 336.5 336.8 294.4 340.5 1.06 15 300 9691 -32.4 -37.1 63 4.7 -33.1 232 39 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.7 0.53 16 250 10951 -40.6 -48.7 41 8.1 -41.2 228 58 345.7 345.7 295.8 346.4 0.18 17 200 12441 -49.3 -77.6 2 28.3 -49.8 234 61 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.00 18 150 14271 -62.1 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.2 240 42 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16699 -72.4 -85.1 13 12.7 -72.4 229 16 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.85 m Freezing level: 600.59 mb = 4442.74 m = 14575.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.75 mb = 4150.02 m = 13615.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.39 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.23 mb = 2628.67 m = 8624.15 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.36 mb = 3576.03 m = 11732.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.60 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C Cross Totals Index: 15.83 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5447.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.09 mb = 3065.31 m = 10056.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.1 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 230.1 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: -9.7 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 81.27 m/s