MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 102 1 950 550 2 900 1013 SFC 898 1032 16.9 12.8 77 4.1 14.3 220 7 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.5 10.38 4 850 1498 14.4 5.7 56 8.7 9.5 244 11 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.4 6.77 5 800 2009 13.4 -0.5 39 13.8 6.2 272 13 305.4 306.2 288.6 319.6 4.62 6 750 2549 10.2 -1.2 45 11.4 4.4 252 10 307.7 308.6 289.4 322.1 4.68 7 700 3119 7.0 -3.4 47 10.4 1.9 237 10 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.6 4.26 8 650 3724 3.9 -10.0 35 13.9 -2.0 246 12 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.3 2.75 9 600 4371 0.9 -14.8 30 15.7 -5.1 249 18 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.8 2.01 10 550 5064 -3.2 -18.7 29 15.5 -8.5 252 21 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.7 1.59 11 500 5811 -8.1 -21.9 32 13.9 -12.3 256 22 323.2 323.5 291.1 327.8 1.32 12 450 6619 -14.5 -26.8 35 12.3 -17.6 261 23 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.95 13 400 7498 -21.4 -36.8 24 15.4 -23.9 271 26 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.41 14 350 8468 -28.4 -45.2 18 16.8 -30.2 271 37 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.19 15 300 9558 -34.4 -58.8 7 24.3 -35.9 271 45 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 16 250 10813 -41.2 -66.5 5 25.2 -42.2 272 46 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.02 17 200 12305 -47.9 -77.1 2 29.2 -48.5 280 45 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14164 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.1 272 39 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16653 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 306 11 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.08 m Freezing level: 589.30 mb = 4519.13 m = 14826.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.87 mb = 3405.70 m = 11173.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.20 mb = 1555.73 m = 5104.03 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.57 mb = 4243.03 m = 13920.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.65 C = 92.58 F Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lifted Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.44 C Showalter Index: 7.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 13.77 C K Index: 17.75 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9176.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.37 mb = 2611.18 m = 8566.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -4.3 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 8.42 m/s