MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 21.28,-89.18 Latitude: 21.28 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 26.9 25.7 93 1.2 26.0 84 5 298.6 302.4 298.6 359.4 20.83 1 1000 153 25.7 25.2 97 0.5 25.3 88 9 298.8 302.6 298.5 358.9 20.57 2 950 608 24.4 21.0 81 3.4 22.0 122 12 302.0 305.1 296.9 351.4 16.73 3 900 1080 21.3 18.7 85 2.5 19.5 110 10 303.4 306.3 296.4 348.9 15.30 4 850 1574 18.1 14.8 81 3.4 15.9 74 8 305.2 307.5 295.0 342.6 12.52 5 800 2092 15.3 7.9 61 7.4 10.7 62 10 307.5 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.37 6 750 2637 13.3 0.4 41 12.9 6.3 73 11 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.4 5.26 7 700 3213 10.2 -2.8 40 13.0 3.5 84 10 313.8 314.6 291.1 327.9 4.44 8 650 3825 6.4 -9.2 32 15.6 -0.6 78 12 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.8 2.94 9 600 4476 2.7 -19.3 18 22.0 -5.1 77 14 319.3 319.5 290.0 324.0 1.39 10 550 5174 -0.9 -24.4 15 23.5 -8.2 71 14 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.96 11 500 5928 -5.6 -22.8 25 17.1 -11.0 63 13 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.22 12 450 6744 -10.9 -36.1 11 25.2 -16.2 65 16 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.39 13 400 7638 -17.1 -44.5 7 27.3 -21.2 64 17 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.5 0.18 14 350 8624 -24.6 -45.7 12 21.1 -27.2 64 17 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 15 300 9727 -32.9 -49.7 17 16.8 -34.4 63 15 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 16 250 10983 -42.8 -48.7 53 5.9 -43.2 59 11 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.18 17 200 12446 -55.4 -58.8 66 3.3 -55.5 55 14 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14227 -66.4 -71.2 51 4.8 -66.4 45 17 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16646 -72.1 -85.5 12 13.5 -72.1 64 16 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.88 m Freezing level: 562.73 mb = 4996.33 m = 16391.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.90 mb = 3737.66 m = 12262.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.33 mb = 149.88 m = 491.72 ft T: 25.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 32.04 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 1038.74 m = 3407.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2145.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.62 mb = 722.31 m = 2369.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.62 mb = 1347.39 m = 4420.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.62 mb = 14120.27 m = 46325.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2131.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.5 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 109.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1043.00 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s