MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 28.0 26.4 91 1.6 26.8 47 2 299.6 303.6 299.4 363.6 21.79 1 1000 161 25.9 25.7 99 0.2 25.7 52 3 299.0 302.9 298.9 361.0 21.19 2 950 615 23.4 21.2 87 2.2 21.9 86 12 301.0 304.1 296.8 350.7 16.93 3 900 1086 21.1 14.9 68 6.2 17.0 87 10 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.8 11.96 4 850 1580 19.0 10.9 59 8.2 13.8 75 10 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.65 5 800 2098 16.1 7.9 58 8.2 11.1 79 10 308.3 309.9 292.7 333.9 8.38 6 750 2644 13.0 5.9 62 7.1 8.8 84 8 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.8 7.81 7 700 3221 9.5 3.5 66 6.0 6.1 74 9 313.0 314.4 293.1 335.1 7.07 8 650 3832 5.8 1.4 73 4.4 3.4 65 12 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.2 6.54 9 600 4483 2.0 -3.0 70 5.0 -0.6 66 14 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.9 5.13 10 550 5180 -2.1 -7.3 68 5.2 -4.6 70 15 321.6 322.3 293.0 334.8 4.02 11 500 5932 -6.3 -13.8 55 7.6 -9.2 71 16 325.4 325.9 292.9 334.3 2.63 12 450 6748 -11.1 -22.0 40 10.9 -14.5 64 16 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.4 1.46 13 400 7641 -17.3 -34.4 21 17.1 -20.7 68 18 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.52 14 350 8627 -24.1 -43.6 15 19.5 -26.7 70 17 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.23 15 300 9733 -32.4 -43.6 32 11.2 -33.6 59 16 339.8 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.27 16 250 10992 -42.4 -49.1 48 6.7 -42.8 54 15 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12459 -54.0 -61.5 39 7.5 -54.2 32 15 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14251 -66.3 -74.1 33 7.8 -66.4 63 18 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16666 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 79 19 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.26 m Freezing level: 575.84 mb = 4819.92 m = 15813.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.21 mb = 4385.99 m = 14389.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.45 C = 92.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.30 mb = 202.22 m = 663.44 ft T: 25.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 29.77 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 969.43 m = 3180.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.12 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1958.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.56 mb = 683.27 m = 2241.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.56 mb = 1912.33 m = 6273.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.56 mb = 13944.15 m = 45747.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1949.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.6 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 103.6 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 389.19 Bulk Shear: 5.03 m/s