MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 2 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 1017 9 27.4 24.8 86 2.6 25.5 45 6 299.1 302.7 298.1 356.8 19.76 1 1000 158 26.7 24.4 88 2.2 25.0 50 14 299.8 303.4 298.2 357.4 19.64 2 950 614 25.3 20.4 75 4.9 21.8 72 23 302.8 305.8 296.7 350.5 16.11 3 900 1088 23.1 16.7 67 6.4 18.7 74 18 305.3 307.8 295.6 345.3 13.37 4 850 1584 19.2 16.3 83 2.9 17.2 76 14 306.3 308.9 296.2 347.9 13.86 5 800 2104 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 85 13 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.5 12.43 6 750 2650 12.4 10.0 86 2.3 10.9 84 15 310.0 311.9 294.7 341.6 10.36 7 700 3226 9.5 6.1 79 3.4 7.5 85 16 313.0 314.6 294.1 339.4 8.50 8 650 3839 6.7 1.9 71 4.8 4.0 88 15 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.0 6.77 9 600 4493 3.1 -2.0 69 5.1 0.4 90 14 319.7 320.7 293.7 337.4 5.50 10 550 5193 -1.1 -6.4 67 5.3 -3.7 90 13 322.7 323.6 293.6 336.9 4.30 11 500 5947 -5.7 -11.3 65 5.5 -8.1 85 13 326.0 326.7 293.6 336.9 3.24 12 450 6764 -10.9 -17.6 58 6.7 -13.3 75 15 329.5 330.0 293.6 336.9 2.13 13 400 7659 -16.9 -24.9 50 8.0 -19.0 68 16 333.1 333.3 293.7 337.6 1.27 14 350 8647 -24.1 -30.2 57 6.2 -25.4 67 18 336.3 336.5 294.2 339.6 0.88 15 300 9754 -32.1 -35.7 70 3.6 -32.6 65 18 340.2 340.3 294.9 342.5 0.61 16 250 11015 -42.1 -45.5 69 3.4 -42.3 82 17 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12482 -54.8 -59.0 59 4.2 -54.9 70 14 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14264 -67.2 -73.2 43 5.9 -67.3 46 19 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16682 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 90 14 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.36 m Freezing level: 563.54 mb = 5003.22 m = 16414.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.41 mb = 4554.82 m = 14943.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.59 % Est. max temperature: 34.28 C = 93.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.61 mb = 332.21 m = 1089.92 ft T: 26.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1499.14 m = 4918.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.04 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1689.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.36 mb = 958.94 m = 3146.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.36 mb = 1909.67 m = 6265.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.36 mb = 13928.27 m = 45695.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1688.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.6 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 111.6 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: -13.5 tot: 55.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 328.25 Bulk Shear: 5.15 m/s