MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 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 92 1 950 544 2 900 1013 SFC 898 1032 21.0 10.7 52 10.3 14.5 227 11 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.2 9.03 4 850 1501 15.6 5.4 51 10.2 9.8 226 14 302.5 303.7 289.5 322.4 6.64 5 800 2013 14.5 -7.1 22 21.7 4.6 243 11 306.7 307.2 287.2 315.5 2.80 6 750 2555 11.4 -4.9 31 16.3 3.6 236 8 309.0 309.6 288.8 320.1 3.54 7 700 3127 7.8 -5.1 40 12.9 1.6 218 10 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.9 3.73 8 650 3733 4.4 -8.4 39 12.8 -1.3 232 15 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.13 9 600 4381 1.3 -13.1 33 14.4 -4.5 238 23 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.3 2.33 10 550 5076 -2.9 -17.8 30 15.0 -8.1 244 25 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.71 11 500 5822 -8.2 -29.6 16 21.4 -13.5 251 24 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.3 0.65 12 450 6631 -13.8 -38.4 11 24.6 -18.3 261 26 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 13 400 7513 -20.1 -45.9 8 25.7 -23.5 262 32 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.16 14 350 8486 -27.7 -55.1 5 27.5 -29.9 263 40 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.06 15 300 9579 -34.5 -60.8 5 26.2 -36.0 267 45 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.04 16 250 10830 -41.9 -64.4 7 22.5 -42.8 267 45 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12319 -48.0 -78.2 2 30.2 -48.6 282 53 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.00 18 150 14177 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.7 266 40 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16657 -69.4 -85.2 8 15.8 -69.5 299 18 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.80 m Freezing level: 584.48 mb = 4596.65 m = 15080.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.10 mb = 3459.70 m = 11350.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.22 mb = 2320.81 m = 7614.11 ft T: 12.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 14.79 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.77 mb = 4821.76 m = 15819.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.72 C = 98.10 F Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lifted Index: 6.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.39 C Showalter Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 13.67 C K Index: 16.39 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9405.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.28 mb = 3088.05 m = 10131.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -10.0 tot: 29.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 7.14 m/s