MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 9 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 1002 -0 24.9 24.5 98 0.3 24.6 105 12 297.8 301.4 297.7 355.2 19.73 1 1000 20 24.6 24.5 99 0.2 24.6 107 15 297.8 301.4 297.7 355.0 19.68 2 950 471 23.1 22.5 96 0.6 22.6 142 17 300.6 304.0 297.6 354.5 18.33 3 900 943 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 146 11 303.4 306.5 297.4 353.6 16.93 4 850 1438 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 147 10 305.8 308.7 297.1 352.1 15.45 5 800 1958 16.4 15.7 96 0.7 15.9 146 9 308.6 311.2 297.0 351.5 14.15 6 750 2506 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 152 9 311.5 313.9 296.8 350.9 12.86 7 700 3087 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 155 9 314.9 317.1 296.7 350.4 11.39 8 650 3705 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.7 158 9 318.5 320.5 296.6 349.9 9.92 9 600 4364 5.5 3.6 88 1.9 4.4 164 9 322.5 324.1 296.4 349.1 8.29 10 550 5072 1.5 -0.5 86 2.0 0.4 170 10 325.9 327.2 296.2 347.9 6.73 11 500 5835 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.1 -3.6 183 11 330.0 331.1 296.3 348.4 5.47 12 450 6665 -7.4 -9.2 87 1.8 -8.2 189 13 334.0 334.8 296.3 348.5 4.25 13 400 7573 -13.3 -15.3 85 2.0 -14.1 166 16 337.7 338.3 296.2 348.0 2.92 14 350 8575 -19.3 -24.6 63 5.3 -20.8 146 20 342.8 343.1 296.3 348.3 1.49 15 300 9702 -28.9 -33.3 66 4.4 -29.7 127 21 344.7 344.8 296.1 347.6 0.77 16 250 10979 -39.4 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.8 118 11 347.4 347.5 296.4 348.9 0.35 17 200 12460 -52.0 -68.7 12 16.7 -52.4 50 20 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14254 -67.8 -71.2 62 3.3 -67.9 39 33 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 19 100 16641 -72.7 -83.0 20 10.3 -72.8 87 27 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.39 m Freezing level: 530.99 mb = 5362.41 m = 17593.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 545.27 mb = 5141.56 m = 16868.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.75 C = 90.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.16 mb = 35.98 m = 118.03 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 7.25 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 740.45 m = 2429.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.25 C Cross Totals Index: 20.46 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.14 mb = 524.65 m = 1721.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.14 mb = 1548.09 m = 5078.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.14 mb = 14288.30 m = 46877.05 ft B at Equ Level: 804.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 154.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 184.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -7.7 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 82.26 Bulk Shear: 9.82 m/s