MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 126 SFC 991 208 33.1 14.7 33 18.3 20.6 310 16 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.3 10.70 2 950 583 27.7 12.6 39 15.1 17.8 312 19 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.3 9.69 3 900 1058 24.0 10.7 43 13.3 15.5 317 18 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.4 9.01 4 850 1555 21.0 8.9 46 12.1 13.4 331 11 308.1 309.7 292.7 333.8 8.43 5 800 2076 17.6 7.5 51 10.1 11.4 52 4 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.9 8.14 6 750 2624 12.9 8.9 77 4.0 10.3 126 9 310.6 312.4 294.3 339.9 9.57 7 700 3200 8.7 3.4 69 5.3 5.7 141 14 312.1 313.5 292.7 333.9 7.00 8 650 3809 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 174 17 313.8 315.0 292.9 334.2 6.49 9 600 4456 0.3 -0.4 95 0.7 -0.1 194 25 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.2 6.20 10 550 5150 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.6 -3.4 204 30 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.4 5.26 11 500 5899 -7.4 -8.3 93 0.9 -7.8 211 36 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.5 4.08 12 450 6714 -11.7 -12.8 91 1.1 -12.2 223 35 328.5 329.2 294.1 339.3 3.17 13 400 7607 -17.1 -19.0 85 2.0 -17.7 233 31 332.8 333.2 294.4 340.3 2.12 14 350 8595 -23.9 -27.1 75 3.2 -24.6 231 29 336.5 336.8 294.6 340.9 1.19 15 300 9703 -32.4 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.8 222 34 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.1 0.62 16 250 10965 -39.9 -46.1 52 6.1 -40.5 220 47 346.7 346.8 296.1 347.7 0.25 17 200 12457 -49.8 -61.3 25 11.5 -50.2 238 59 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.1 0.05 18 150 14287 -62.7 -80.7 7 18.0 -62.8 242 28 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16719 -71.1 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.2 222 13 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.40 m Freezing level: 595.46 mb = 4518.91 m = 14825.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.77 mb = 4432.02 m = 14540.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.50 C = 94.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.98 mb = 2511.75 m = 8240.55 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.57 mb = 3334.94 m = 10941.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.54 C = 101.36 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 16.31 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5272.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.97 mb = 2579.15 m = 8461.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.8 neg: -8.2 tot: 185.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 114.97 m/s