MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 514 2 900 983 SFC 895 1030 21.1 12.7 59 8.4 15.7 326 2 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.7 10.38 4 850 1474 17.1 10.8 67 6.3 13.1 345 4 304.0 305.8 292.4 332.7 9.62 5 800 1990 15.5 7.0 57 8.5 10.4 20 13 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.7 7.88 6 750 2533 10.7 5.5 70 5.2 7.7 27 15 308.2 309.6 292.1 331.4 7.59 7 700 3103 5.7 1.1 73 4.5 3.2 34 16 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.1 5.94 8 650 3705 1.8 -5.8 57 7.6 -1.7 48 19 311.0 311.7 289.6 323.0 3.80 9 600 4347 -1.3 -13.9 38 12.5 -6.1 41 23 314.6 315.0 289.3 321.7 2.18 10 550 5035 -5.1 -17.8 36 12.8 -9.4 38 24 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.71 11 500 5777 -9.9 -22.9 34 13.0 -13.6 34 21 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.2 1.21 12 450 6579 -15.9 -28.4 33 12.5 -18.8 30 20 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.1 0.82 13 400 7454 -22.7 -45.1 11 22.4 -25.4 25 24 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.17 14 350 8417 -30.9 -40.0 41 9.1 -32.0 26 29 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.34 15 300 9492 -37.8 -55.0 15 17.1 -38.8 34 35 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 16 250 10736 -42.1 -67.3 5 25.1 -43.0 25 26 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 17 200 12221 -48.8 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.4 10 8 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14073 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.8 322 12 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16584 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 347 8 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.95 m Freezing level: 621.40 mb = 4072.07 m = 13359.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.45 mb = 3490.08 m = 11450.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.26 mb = 2093.26 m = 6867.58 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.31 mb = 2867.02 m = 9406.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.07 mb = 2465.50 m = 8088.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.07 mb = 3446.08 m = 11305.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 591.07 mb = 4465.11 m = 14649.13 ft B at Equ Level: 24.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 261.07 mb = 10439.76 m = 34250.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.0 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 64.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.39 Bulk Shear: 34.53 m/s