MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 9 35.9 22.3 45 13.7 25.8 44 9 307.8 311.0 298.5 358.8 16.89 1 1000 142 32.9 21.5 51 11.4 24.6 46 11 306.0 309.1 297.7 355.1 16.36 2 950 604 28.2 20.5 63 7.7 22.6 52 11 305.8 308.9 297.6 354.5 16.23 3 900 1081 23.5 19.4 78 4.1 20.6 63 10 305.7 308.7 297.4 353.7 16.00 4 850 1578 18.9 18.0 95 0.9 18.3 77 10 305.9 308.8 297.1 352.3 15.47 5 800 2097 15.9 10.1 68 5.8 12.2 98 16 308.1 309.9 293.7 337.6 9.73 6 750 2643 13.2 4.8 57 8.3 8.3 85 16 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.2 7.22 7 700 3220 10.2 2.0 57 8.1 5.6 81 18 313.7 315.0 292.7 333.6 6.34 8 650 3833 6.5 -1.1 58 7.6 2.5 77 19 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.6 5.44 9 600 4485 2.7 -5.8 53 8.5 -1.4 79 17 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.6 4.12 10 550 5184 -1.4 -12.2 43 10.8 -5.8 84 17 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.6 2.73 11 500 5936 -6.0 -18.5 36 12.5 -10.4 92 18 325.7 326.1 292.2 331.8 1.77 12 450 6753 -10.7 -36.5 10 25.8 -16.1 104 19 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.37 13 400 7648 -16.6 -42.1 9 25.6 -20.8 114 19 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.24 14 350 8637 -23.2 -43.8 13 20.6 -26.0 106 19 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.22 15 300 9746 -31.8 -42.5 34 10.7 -33.1 74 16 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.7 0.30 16 250 11007 -42.0 -51.3 35 9.4 -42.5 61 16 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.3 0.14 17 200 12477 -53.9 -60.4 45 6.5 -54.1 60 14 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.06 18 150 14263 -68.0 -73.7 44 5.7 -68.1 72 19 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16663 -71.2 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.3 106 27 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.93 m Freezing level: 566.84 mb = 4948.21 m = 16234.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4238.75 m = 13906.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.44 % Est. max temperature: 34.02 C = 93.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.35 mb = 1737.34 m = 5699.87 ft T: 17.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 25.65 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1590.06 m = 5216.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2041.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.61 mb = 1592.28 m = 5223.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.61 mb = 1642.87 m = 5389.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.61 mb = 14520.47 m = 47638.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2019.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 109.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -4.5 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 220.23 Bulk Shear: 9.27 m/s