MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 22.0,-114.1 Latitude: 22.00 Longitude: -114.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -0 24.2 21.1 83 3.1 22.0 13 3 296.2 299.1 294.7 341.5 15.72 1 1000 116 23.0 20.5 86 2.5 21.2 14 3 296.2 298.9 294.4 340.3 15.34 2 950 564 22.0 16.1 69 5.9 18.1 207 2 299.5 301.7 293.1 335.2 12.21 3 900 1034 22.4 12.7 54 9.6 16.1 142 3 304.5 306.5 293.2 335.4 10.32 4 850 1530 20.6 10.6 53 10.0 14.2 110 6 307.8 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.47 5 800 2051 17.5 10.2 62 7.3 12.8 88 8 309.8 311.6 294.3 339.7 9.80 6 750 2600 13.9 10.2 78 3.7 11.5 80 11 311.7 313.7 295.3 343.9 10.48 7 700 3179 10.7 4.9 67 5.8 7.2 94 13 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.7 7.80 8 650 3793 6.2 2.2 75 4.0 3.9 87 15 316.0 317.3 293.8 337.9 6.93 9 600 4444 1.6 -2.2 76 3.8 -0.3 93 15 318.0 319.0 293.2 335.4 5.44 10 550 5140 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -5.1 90 12 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.5 3.55 11 500 5894 -4.8 -18.0 35 13.2 -9.5 67 11 327.2 327.6 292.7 333.7 1.86 12 450 6715 -9.2 -25.5 25 16.3 -13.9 78 11 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.6 1.07 13 400 7617 -14.2 -35.4 15 21.2 -18.7 99 8 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.4 0.47 14 350 8617 -20.5 -46.3 8 25.8 -24.2 76 9 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.17 15 300 9738 -29.1 -48.9 13 19.8 -31.2 96 11 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.15 16 250 11012 -40.1 -50.6 32 10.5 -40.9 134 13 346.4 346.4 296.0 347.0 0.15 17 200 12490 -52.9 -65.6 20 12.7 -53.2 139 27 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14284 -67.3 -76.5 26 9.2 -67.4 136 39 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16665 -74.8 -85.3 18 10.5 -74.8 94 15 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.22 m Freezing level: 577.33 mb = 4759.61 m = 15615.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.88 mb = 4391.51 m = 14407.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 34.89 C = 94.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.37 mb = 396.42 m = 1300.57 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 10.39 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2688.27 m = 8819.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.12 C = 104.21 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.87 C Showalter Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4648.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.52 mb = 1097.06 m = 3599.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.1 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 119.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -18.1 tot: -8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 15.26 m/s