MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1014 10 30.0 25.7 78 4.4 26.8 28 9 302.0 305.8 299.4 363.9 20.89 1 1000 136 29.3 24.3 75 5.0 25.6 30 13 302.4 306.0 298.7 360.2 19.49 2 950 594 24.8 23.2 91 1.6 23.6 32 14 302.4 305.9 298.5 359.2 19.18 3 900 1067 21.2 20.6 97 0.6 20.8 38 10 303.4 306.5 297.6 354.6 17.24 4 850 1561 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 49 3 305.3 308.2 297.0 351.4 15.42 5 800 2080 15.5 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 111 4 307.6 310.1 296.0 347.2 13.11 6 750 2626 12.4 11.0 91 1.4 11.6 81 6 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.0 11.10 7 700 3203 9.5 7.4 87 2.0 8.2 68 8 313.0 314.7 294.7 341.8 9.31 8 650 3816 6.4 3.3 81 3.0 4.6 67 11 316.2 317.6 294.3 339.8 7.50 9 600 4468 2.7 -2.8 67 5.5 -0.2 70 13 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.0 5.20 10 550 5167 -1.7 -9.8 54 8.1 -5.3 76 13 322.1 322.7 292.5 333.0 3.30 11 500 5918 -6.5 -12.3 63 5.8 -8.9 84 13 325.1 325.7 293.1 335.1 2.97 12 450 6734 -11.1 -18.8 53 7.7 -13.7 78 14 329.3 329.7 293.3 336.0 1.93 13 400 7629 -17.0 -25.4 48 8.4 -19.2 71 15 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.3 1.22 14 350 8616 -24.1 -31.6 50 7.6 -25.6 65 13 336.3 336.5 294.1 339.2 0.78 15 300 9722 -32.4 -40.3 45 7.9 -33.4 51 9 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.2 0.38 16 250 10981 -42.6 -49.4 47 6.8 -43.0 37 8 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.17 17 200 12446 -54.2 -61.1 42 6.9 -54.3 46 9 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14236 -67.0 -71.8 51 4.8 -67.1 54 18 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16643 -72.6 -86.9 10 14.4 -72.6 89 17 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.30 m Freezing level: 569.38 mb = 4896.10 m = 16063.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.64 mb = 4446.04 m = 14586.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.87 mb = 566.66 m = 1859.09 ft T: 25.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 30.87 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.73 mb = 877.02 m = 2877.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3166.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.48 mb = 812.94 m = 2667.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.48 mb = 955.81 m = 3135.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.48 mb = 14582.86 m = 47843.46 ft B at Equ Level: 3165.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 94.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -16.7 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 454.99 Bulk Shear: 6.96 m/s