MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 26.3 25.8 97 0.5 26.0 41 3 298.1 301.9 298.6 359.4 21.04 1 1000 154 25.1 25.0 100 0.1 25.1 52 7 298.3 302.0 298.2 357.7 20.38 2 950 608 23.8 20.2 80 3.6 21.2 81 11 301.3 304.2 296.2 347.9 15.86 3 900 1079 21.3 16.3 73 5.0 17.9 65 9 303.4 305.8 294.8 342.2 13.07 4 850 1573 19.1 11.4 61 7.7 14.1 52 11 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.3 10.01 5 800 2092 16.5 7.3 55 9.1 10.9 55 11 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.06 6 750 2639 13.3 4.8 56 8.5 8.3 68 8 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.3 7.21 7 700 3216 10.0 2.0 58 8.0 5.5 71 8 313.5 314.7 292.6 333.3 6.32 8 650 3828 6.4 -0.1 63 6.5 2.9 67 12 316.2 317.3 293.0 334.8 5.86 9 600 4480 2.8 -4.3 60 7.1 -0.7 71 15 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.4 4.65 10 550 5180 -1.1 -10.5 49 9.4 -5.2 76 16 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.2 3.12 11 500 5933 -5.5 -18.3 36 12.9 -10.0 79 16 326.4 326.7 292.4 332.6 1.80 12 450 6751 -10.7 -24.3 32 13.6 -14.7 74 16 329.8 330.0 292.8 334.0 1.19 13 400 7645 -17.3 -26.2 46 8.9 -19.6 72 16 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.6 1.12 14 350 8631 -24.2 -38.0 27 13.7 -26.4 80 19 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.41 15 300 9736 -32.7 -43.3 34 10.5 -33.9 78 18 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.3 0.28 16 250 10993 -42.5 -48.9 50 6.4 -43.0 60 15 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.18 17 200 12459 -54.3 -60.2 48 5.9 -54.5 49 14 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14245 -67.0 -72.7 44 5.7 -67.0 56 15 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16655 -71.9 -86.5 9 14.6 -71.9 78 16 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.18 m Freezing level: 564.22 mb = 4980.63 m = 16340.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4342.83 m = 14247.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.13 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1010.09 mb = 66.32 m = 217.60 ft T: 25.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1253.71 m = 4113.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.80 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 16.87 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1433.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.70 mb = 740.09 m = 2428.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.70 mb = 2518.77 m = 8263.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.70 mb = 13442.92 m = 44103.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1433.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.2 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 99.2 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -6.5 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 610.09 Bulk Shear: 2.35 m/s