MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.44,-118.78 Latitude: 39.44 Longitude: -118.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 520 2 900 996 SFC 877 1221 24.4 6.6 32 17.8 13.6 316 6 308.9 310.2 291.8 330.3 6.99 4 850 1495 21.3 6.0 37 15.4 12.1 316 7 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.6 6.89 5 800 2015 17.3 1.1 34 16.2 8.4 333 8 309.6 310.6 290.5 325.7 5.19 6 750 2561 13.1 1.8 46 11.2 6.8 345 6 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.9 5.83 7 700 3136 8.6 0.4 56 8.2 4.2 43 10 312.0 313.1 291.6 329.7 5.64 8 650 3744 3.2 -0.7 75 3.9 1.1 61 11 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.1 5.59 9 600 4387 -1.6 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.6 80 10 314.2 315.2 291.6 329.7 4.87 10 550 5074 -6.1 -7.3 91 1.2 -6.7 82 11 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.8 4.02 11 500 5813 -11.6 -13.3 87 1.7 -12.2 91 13 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.0 2.74 12 450 6612 -16.9 -21.4 68 4.4 -18.1 122 9 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.3 1.54 13 400 7484 -23.7 -30.9 51 7.3 -25.0 129 15 324.2 324.4 290.8 326.8 0.73 14 350 8441 -32.9 -33.8 91 0.9 -33.0 106 14 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.7 0.63 15 300 9510 -38.0 -52.5 20 14.6 -38.9 134 18 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 16 250 10758 -41.8 -67.9 4 26.1 -42.7 138 7 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12250 -46.5 -77.0 2 30.5 -47.1 309 8 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 14116 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.6 269 11 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16624 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.8 298 11 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.79 m Freezing level: 616.83 mb = 4170.72 m = 13683.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 3932.87 m = 12902.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.66 mb = 3438.64 m = 11281.49 ft T: 5.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.70 mb = 4218.96 m = 13841.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.92 mb = 3707.10 m = 12162.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 367.92 mb = 8083.53 m = 26520.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.92 mb = 8684.89 m = 28493.40 ft B at Equ Level: 11.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.92 mb = 9107.85 m = 29881.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.9 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 102.9 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 25.49 m/s