MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508071200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508071200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 7 AUG 25 Station: 33.8,-114.4 Latitude: 33.80 Longitude: -114.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 986 204 31.7 1.1 14 30.7 14.7 177 3 306.1 306.8 288.4 319.0 4.18 2 950 546 36.6 0.6 10 36.0 16.0 221 4 314.4 315.2 291.1 327.8 4.21 3 900 1036 34.5 3.1 14 31.4 15.7 232 6 317.0 318.0 292.8 333.9 5.30 4 850 1549 30.0 3.6 19 26.5 14.1 250 8 317.6 318.7 293.4 336.2 5.82 5 800 2084 25.5 0.9 20 24.6 11.3 245 9 318.3 319.3 293.0 334.6 5.09 6 750 2645 20.6 -2.0 22 22.6 8.3 249 11 319.0 319.8 292.6 333.3 4.41 7 700 3234 15.5 -4.1 26 19.6 5.4 245 23 319.7 320.5 292.5 332.9 4.04 8 650 3855 9.7 -5.1 35 14.8 2.3 228 27 320.0 320.8 292.6 333.1 4.03 9 600 4513 4.2 -8.5 39 12.7 -1.7 212 29 321.0 321.6 292.3 332.0 3.36 10 550 5213 -1.9 -6.9 68 5.0 -4.3 192 30 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.5 4.15 11 500 5963 -6.4 -15.0 50 8.6 -9.7 186 28 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.3 2.38 12 450 6779 -11.5 -24.6 33 13.1 -15.2 196 25 328.8 329.0 292.5 332.9 1.16 13 400 7670 -17.9 -38.3 15 20.4 -21.4 210 22 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 14 350 8653 -25.3 -38.9 27 13.6 -27.3 216 21 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.38 15 300 9752 -33.7 -43.3 37 9.7 -34.7 217 20 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.28 16 250 11006 -42.9 -49.7 47 6.8 -43.3 221 18 342.3 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.16 17 200 12470 -55.0 -60.8 49 5.8 -55.1 223 25 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14259 -66.0 -74.4 30 8.4 -66.1 218 25 356.3 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -68.3 -84.7 8 16.4 -68.4 251 11 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.84 m Freezing level: 565.51 mb = 4995.60 m = 16389.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.08 mb = 4229.13 m = 13874.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.99 % Est. max temperature: 43.40 C = 110.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 629.40 mb = 4119.84 m = 13516.38 ft T: 7.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.32 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 495.90 mb = 6027.12 m = 19773.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.09 C = 123.96 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 5.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.18 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.43 C Cross Totals Index: 9.98 C K Index: 20.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6282.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.54 mb = 4819.63 m = 15812.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -9.1 tot: -7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 29.45 m/s