MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-103.04 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -103.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 116 1 950 571 SFC 934 720 24.0 22.8 93 1.2 23.2 359 2 303.0 306.6 298.6 359.5 19.03 3 900 1049 24.6 20.7 79 3.9 21.8 282 2 306.8 310.1 298.5 359.1 17.35 4 850 1549 21.4 16.8 75 4.6 18.2 214 1 308.6 311.2 297.0 351.8 14.28 5 800 2072 17.6 13.7 78 3.8 15.0 80 2 309.9 312.2 296.1 347.8 12.44 6 750 2622 14.1 10.7 80 3.4 11.9 61 6 311.8 313.9 295.6 345.1 10.81 7 700 3201 10.6 -2.0 41 12.6 4.0 84 16 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.1 4.71 8 650 3813 6.3 -8.1 35 14.4 -0.3 92 23 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.4 3.19 9 600 4463 1.8 -11.5 36 13.3 -3.8 97 26 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.64 10 550 5158 -2.1 -15.9 34 13.8 -7.3 108 27 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.01 11 500 5910 -6.1 -10.6 70 4.6 -8.0 114 29 325.6 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.40 12 450 6729 -10.2 -14.9 68 4.8 -12.0 112 26 330.5 331.0 294.2 339.7 2.66 13 400 7628 -14.4 -40.0 9 25.6 -19.1 94 14 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.29 14 350 8626 -21.4 -42.1 14 20.7 -24.6 106 8 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.27 15 300 9743 -30.3 -47.3 18 16.9 -32.1 88 16 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 16 250 11008 -41.7 -56.2 19 14.5 -42.5 62 11 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.08 17 200 12475 -55.0 -61.8 42 6.8 -55.2 31 8 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14249 -68.7 -73.4 51 4.7 -68.8 316 5 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -73.3 -90.0 6 16.7 -73.3 101 14 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.65 m Freezing level: 576.96 mb = 4783.38 m = 15693.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.19 mb = 3772.23 m = 12375.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.34 C = 88.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.70 mb = 876.88 m = 2876.85 ft T: 24.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 33.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 2017.56 m = 6619.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 31.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2156.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.26 mb = 1679.35 m = 5509.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.26 mb = 2372.70 m = 7784.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.26 mb = 14562.23 m = 47775.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2155.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 101.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 131.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.6 neg: -10.9 tot: 62.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 45.05 Bulk Shear: 47.86 m/s