MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.62,-113.15 Latitude: 29.62 Longitude: -113.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -0 29.1 25.0 79 4.0 26.1 195 3 301.3 305.0 298.8 360.8 20.16 1 1000 94 28.6 21.7 66 6.9 23.6 190 4 301.8 304.8 296.8 350.6 16.57 2 950 553 29.4 13.5 38 15.9 18.8 88 5 307.0 308.9 293.9 338.1 10.29 3 900 1032 26.4 12.9 43 13.5 17.4 54 5 308.7 310.6 294.4 340.4 10.43 4 850 1533 22.9 11.7 49 11.2 15.5 51 8 310.1 312.0 294.6 341.3 10.19 5 800 2058 18.9 10.4 58 8.5 13.4 95 6 311.3 313.2 294.7 341.8 9.93 6 750 2608 14.2 10.0 76 4.2 11.5 118 4 312.0 314.0 295.3 343.9 10.35 7 700 3187 10.4 6.5 76 4.0 8.0 114 7 314.0 315.7 294.6 341.1 8.69 8 650 3801 6.6 2.9 77 3.8 4.5 96 6 316.5 317.9 294.1 339.4 7.26 9 600 4454 2.4 -0.3 82 2.7 0.9 66 6 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.8 6.24 10 550 5152 -2.3 -4.4 86 2.1 -3.3 65 7 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.8 5.04 11 500 5904 -6.2 -6.6 96 0.5 -6.4 75 9 325.5 326.4 294.6 341.0 4.66 12 450 6722 -11.3 -11.5 98 0.3 -11.4 104 8 329.1 329.8 294.6 341.0 3.52 13 400 7617 -16.5 -18.1 88 1.5 -17.0 148 7 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.6 2.30 14 350 8608 -22.7 -38.2 23 15.5 -25.2 164 8 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.8 0.41 15 300 9720 -31.0 -42.3 32 11.3 -32.4 155 13 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.31 16 250 10985 -41.6 -45.2 68 3.6 -41.9 166 26 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.3 0.27 17 200 12455 -53.7 -58.0 59 4.3 -53.8 200 28 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14260 -63.1 -80.9 7 17.7 -63.3 162 5 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16680 -73.4 -84.8 16 11.5 -73.4 176 6 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.46 m Freezing level: 574.54 mb = 4809.55 m = 15779.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.35 mb = 4597.67 m = 15084.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.76 % Est. max temperature: 37.59 C = 99.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.05 mb = 514.88 m = 1689.23 ft T: 29.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 22.75 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.12 mb = 2856.68 m = 9372.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.68 C = 105.23 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.04 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 36.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 341.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.07 mb = 1971.13 m = 6466.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.07 mb = 4412.28 m = 14475.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 373.07 mb = 8133.99 m = 26686.00 ft B at Equ Level: 120.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.07 mb = 11169.92 m = 36646.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 112.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.42 Bulk Shear: 4.59 m/s