MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 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 112 SFC 989 208 25.7 15.6 54 10.1 19.0 321 4 299.8 301.9 292.5 333.0 11.35 2 950 567 27.3 14.8 46 12.5 18.9 305 6 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.5 11.23 3 900 1042 23.9 13.5 52 10.5 17.0 267 5 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.8 10.84 4 850 1540 20.6 12.8 61 7.8 15.4 219 8 307.7 309.8 294.6 340.9 10.99 5 800 2061 16.5 11.6 73 4.9 13.3 213 9 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.6 10.81 6 750 2607 12.6 9.6 82 3.0 10.7 222 12 310.3 312.2 294.6 341.1 10.08 7 700 3184 9.4 5.3 76 4.0 6.9 223 18 312.8 314.4 293.7 337.7 8.02 8 650 3795 5.6 1.0 72 4.6 3.1 228 22 315.3 316.5 293.2 335.4 6.36 9 600 4445 1.2 -1.8 80 3.0 -0.3 227 23 317.6 318.6 293.2 335.5 5.60 10 550 5140 -3.4 -8.2 69 4.8 -5.5 221 25 320.1 320.8 292.3 332.4 3.75 11 500 5888 -6.5 -17.7 41 11.2 -10.5 224 24 325.1 325.5 292.2 331.6 1.90 12 450 6705 -11.6 -18.6 56 6.9 -14.0 246 21 328.6 329.0 293.2 335.4 1.96 13 400 7596 -17.4 -36.9 17 19.5 -21.0 245 25 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.40 14 350 8582 -24.3 -53.5 5 29.2 -27.2 234 31 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 15 300 9687 -31.7 -56.0 7 24.3 -33.5 232 44 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.06 16 250 10956 -39.6 -60.5 9 20.9 -40.6 228 51 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 17 200 12446 -50.1 -72.6 5 22.5 -50.5 224 39 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14262 -64.4 -74.8 23 10.4 -64.5 211 35 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16700 -71.4 -84.3 13 12.8 -71.5 180 11 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.15 m Freezing level: 586.55 mb = 4631.89 m = 15196.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.88 mb = 4379.25 m = 14367.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.51 mb = 1503.88 m = 4933.94 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 3008.54 m = 9870.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.94 C = 100.30 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4345.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.42 mb = 2109.30 m = 6920.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 35.43 m/s