MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1015 9 34.4 23.7 54 10.7 26.4 32 6 306.2 309.6 299.0 361.7 18.48 1 1000 147 30.7 22.9 63 7.8 25.0 35 6 303.9 307.2 298.1 357.1 17.90 2 950 606 25.9 21.9 78 4.0 23.0 41 7 303.5 306.8 297.9 356.1 17.68 3 900 1080 21.4 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 52 7 303.5 306.7 297.6 354.5 17.16 4 850 1574 18.3 13.7 74 4.6 15.2 86 11 305.3 307.4 294.3 340.1 11.64 5 800 2092 15.9 8.7 62 7.2 11.4 73 10 308.1 309.7 293.0 335.0 8.84 6 750 2638 13.0 6.5 65 6.5 9.1 74 9 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.7 8.11 7 700 3215 9.7 4.5 70 5.2 6.6 70 10 313.2 314.7 293.5 336.8 7.58 8 650 3827 6.1 0.6 68 5.5 3.1 67 12 315.9 317.1 293.2 335.4 6.18 9 600 4478 2.3 -6.6 52 8.9 -1.9 66 14 318.8 319.5 292.1 331.5 3.90 10 550 5175 -1.8 -11.7 47 9.8 -6.0 74 14 321.9 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.84 11 500 5927 -6.1 -16.9 42 10.8 -10.1 82 14 325.5 325.9 292.4 332.5 2.03 12 450 6744 -10.9 -27.8 23 16.9 -15.3 77 16 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.7 0.86 13 400 7638 -16.9 -35.6 18 18.7 -20.5 75 18 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.46 14 350 8625 -24.2 -31.7 50 7.5 -25.7 76 16 336.1 336.3 294.1 339.0 0.77 15 300 9731 -32.4 -43.7 31 11.4 -33.6 57 13 339.8 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.26 16 250 10990 -42.4 -49.5 46 7.1 -42.9 38 12 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.7 0.17 17 200 12456 -53.8 -61.2 40 7.4 -53.9 37 12 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14249 -66.5 -73.8 35 7.2 -66.6 61 18 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16660 -72.6 -86.3 11 13.7 -72.6 95 16 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.69 m Freezing level: 572.18 mb = 4866.17 m = 15964.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.99 mb = 4224.58 m = 13860.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.73 mb = 1355.73 m = 4447.89 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.75 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1140.20 m = 3740.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2511.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.17 mb = 1145.84 m = 3759.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.17 mb = 1194.35 m = 3918.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.17 mb = 14322.18 m = 46988.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2507.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.7 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 99.7 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -3.6 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 449.31 Bulk Shear: 5.59 m/s