MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.92,-69.71 Latitude: 31.92 Longitude: -69.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 28.3 25.5 85 2.8 26.2 169 16 299.8 303.5 298.7 360.2 20.58 1 1000 168 26.6 24.4 88 2.2 25.0 170 19 299.8 303.3 298.1 357.1 19.56 2 950 622 23.2 21.2 89 2.0 21.8 179 20 300.8 303.9 296.7 350.5 16.94 3 900 1093 19.8 16.4 80 3.5 17.5 189 13 302.0 304.4 294.5 340.7 13.13 4 850 1584 17.8 9.8 59 8.0 12.8 181 13 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.8 8.99 5 800 2101 16.0 6.1 52 9.9 10.2 180 14 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.9 7.42 6 750 2646 12.9 3.3 52 9.6 7.4 184 12 310.6 311.8 291.9 330.6 6.47 7 700 3222 9.6 -1.0 47 10.6 4.0 182 12 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.1 5.07 8 650 3834 6.4 -4.1 47 10.5 1.1 184 11 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.0 4.33 9 600 4485 2.6 -8.9 42 11.5 -2.6 190 11 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.7 3.24 10 550 5184 -1.1 -15.0 34 13.9 -6.5 194 12 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.2 2.17 11 500 5937 -5.5 -16.9 40 11.4 -9.6 190 13 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.4 2.04 12 450 6757 -9.6 -16.9 55 7.3 -12.3 183 10 331.2 331.6 294.1 339.1 2.26 13 400 7657 -14.9 -22.7 51 7.8 -17.3 101 7 335.6 335.9 294.6 341.1 1.54 14 350 8654 -21.7 -28.4 55 6.7 -23.3 70 12 339.5 339.7 295.1 343.4 1.05 15 300 9769 -31.0 -38.5 48 7.4 -32.1 81 13 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.4 0.46 16 250 11034 -41.5 -50.6 37 9.1 -42.1 109 16 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.1 0.15 17 200 12506 -52.5 -56.8 60 4.3 -52.7 29 18 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14293 -68.4 -72.8 53 4.4 -68.5 44 21 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 19 100 16715 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 128 8 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.43 m Freezing level: 564.82 mb = 4976.68 m = 16327.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.89 mb = 4025.11 m = 13205.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.03 mb = 346.59 m = 1137.08 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 31.08 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 846.96 m = 2778.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 22.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.16 mb = 731.39 m = 2399.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.16 mb = 966.34 m = 3170.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.16 mb = 14163.52 m = 46467.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.0 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 214.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -6.0 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 244.89 Bulk Shear: 5.13 m/s