MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 29.40,-117.12 Latitude: 29.40 Longitude: -117.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 -0 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 323 13 291.6 294.1 291.9 330.7 13.83 1 1000 87 18.4 18.3 100 0.1 18.4 323 15 291.6 293.9 291.5 329.3 13.38 2 950 531 22.6 15.2 63 7.4 17.7 329 8 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.0 11.54 3 900 1001 21.3 14.3 64 7.0 16.6 341 2 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.4 11.43 4 850 1495 19.1 11.6 62 7.5 14.3 156 6 306.1 308.0 293.5 336.7 10.14 5 800 2014 16.1 8.8 62 7.3 11.6 164 11 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.4 8.91 6 750 2560 13.5 7.1 65 6.4 9.6 172 18 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.3 8.47 7 700 3139 10.9 3.1 59 7.8 6.4 183 24 314.5 315.8 293.3 336.0 6.84 8 650 3754 7.6 -1.8 52 9.3 2.6 191 28 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.1 5.17 9 600 4408 3.5 -6.9 46 10.4 -1.4 197 30 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.6 3.80 10 550 5108 -1.0 -13.2 39 12.2 -6.0 205 31 322.9 323.4 292.1 331.4 2.52 11 500 5862 -4.7 -26.5 16 21.7 -11.1 214 34 327.3 327.4 291.8 330.4 0.88 12 450 6685 -8.0 -41.7 5 33.7 -14.7 222 33 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.22 13 400 7589 -14.6 -41.7 8 27.1 -19.4 229 35 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.25 14 350 8583 -22.3 -47.5 8 25.2 -25.5 233 34 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.15 15 300 9696 -31.0 -51.5 12 20.5 -32.9 231 37 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.11 16 250 10960 -41.3 -59.5 12 18.2 -42.2 224 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 17 200 12441 -51.4 -71.3 8 19.9 -51.8 229 43 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14248 -65.3 -76.9 19 11.6 -65.4 229 34 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16659 -73.2 -85.4 14 12.2 -73.3 223 19 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.32 m Freezing level: 560.86 mb = 4956.08 m = 16259.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.87 mb = 4167.97 m = 13674.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.02 % Est. max temperature: 33.31 C = 91.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.16 mb = 34.25 m = 112.38 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 6.91 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.02 mb = 2948.98 m = 9675.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.19 C = 106.15 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.45 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 16.33 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6222.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.43 mb = 1064.47 m = 3492.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -5.5 tot: 163.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 112.78 m/s