MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 18.31,-87.92 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -87.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 28.6 25.0 81 3.6 25.9 77 14 300.5 304.1 298.5 359.3 19.97 1 1000 125 27.1 23.9 82 3.2 24.7 78 17 300.3 303.7 297.9 356.0 18.97 2 950 579 23.2 20.5 85 2.7 21.3 88 19 300.8 303.7 296.3 348.3 16.17 3 900 1050 19.9 16.6 81 3.3 17.7 112 21 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.35 4 850 1540 16.7 11.8 73 4.9 13.6 116 19 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.3 10.30 5 800 2056 16.3 1.5 37 14.8 8.2 107 23 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.1 5.34 6 750 2601 12.5 0.2 43 12.3 5.9 103 21 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.3 5.19 7 700 3176 9.0 3.3 67 5.7 5.7 110 17 312.4 313.8 292.8 334.0 6.93 8 650 3788 7.4 -18.6 14 26.0 -2.2 99 18 317.3 317.5 289.3 321.9 1.35 9 600 4441 4.3 -27.2 8 31.5 -5.3 90 20 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.68 10 550 5143 0.2 -21.0 19 21.2 -7.1 78 17 324.3 324.5 291.4 328.8 1.30 11 500 5898 -5.8 -16.5 43 10.7 -9.8 70 17 325.9 326.3 292.6 333.1 2.11 12 450 6713 -11.0 -20.6 45 9.5 -14.1 65 17 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.66 13 400 7608 -17.1 -39.2 13 22.0 -21.0 31 12 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.0 0.32 14 350 8594 -23.1 -60.1 2 36.9 -26.4 11 12 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 15 300 9708 -30.6 -56.1 6 25.5 -32.6 331 18 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.06 16 250 10978 -40.0 -66.0 5 26.0 -41.1 328 30 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 17 200 12456 -53.1 -69.6 12 16.5 -53.4 329 26 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14249 -66.8 -72.0 48 5.2 -66.9 327 31 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16633 -76.4 -84.2 28 7.8 -76.4 62 18 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.41 m Freezing level: 548.54 mb = 5165.07 m = 16945.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.95 mb = 3612.26 m = 11851.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.05 mb = 458.61 m = 1504.60 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 34.21 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 963.22 m = 3160.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 28.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 862.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.26 mb = 827.70 m = 2715.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.26 mb = 1066.26 m = 3498.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.26 mb = 1969.03 m = 6460.01 ft B at Equ Level: 19.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.26 mb = 16166.18 m = 53038.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.3 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 126.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -9.4 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 258.23 Bulk Shear: 3.34 m/s