MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 28.5 24.2 78 4.3 25.3 27 8 300.4 303.9 298.0 356.5 19.10 1 1000 136 27.7 23.2 76 4.5 24.4 29 13 300.9 304.2 297.5 354.3 18.17 2 950 591 23.6 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 32 19 301.2 304.3 296.8 350.8 16.88 3 900 1062 21.0 18.5 85 2.5 19.2 34 16 303.1 305.9 296.1 347.6 15.01 4 850 1556 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.8 26 6 305.8 308.3 295.8 346.3 13.49 5 800 2076 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 66 4 307.9 310.2 295.4 344.3 12.04 6 750 2622 12.6 10.4 87 2.2 11.2 73 7 310.2 312.2 295.0 342.7 10.62 7 700 3198 9.3 7.4 88 1.9 8.1 70 9 312.7 314.5 294.7 341.4 9.26 8 650 3810 6.1 3.8 85 2.3 4.8 73 11 315.8 317.3 294.4 340.3 7.77 9 600 4463 2.5 -0.8 78 3.4 0.7 78 13 319.0 320.2 293.9 338.3 6.01 10 550 5162 -1.4 -6.0 71 4.6 -3.6 80 12 322.4 323.3 293.6 337.0 4.44 11 500 5915 -5.8 -11.2 66 5.4 -8.1 81 11 325.9 326.6 293.6 336.9 3.25 12 450 6733 -10.7 -18.9 51 8.1 -13.5 69 13 329.7 330.1 293.4 336.4 1.91 13 400 7628 -16.6 -29.3 33 12.7 -19.6 62 15 333.4 333.6 293.4 336.5 0.85 14 350 8617 -23.7 -35.2 34 11.5 -25.8 59 13 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.8 0.55 15 300 9724 -32.1 -42.0 37 9.8 -33.3 50 9 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.3 0.32 16 250 10984 -42.4 -52.0 34 9.6 -43.0 37 6 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.5 0.12 17 200 12450 -54.2 -61.9 38 7.7 -54.4 56 5 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14239 -67.2 -71.7 53 4.5 -67.2 73 12 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16642 -72.2 -86.6 10 14.4 -72.2 74 17 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.41 m Freezing level: 567.95 mb = 4910.95 m = 16111.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4575.24 m = 15010.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.14 mb = 552.05 m = 1811.16 ft T: 23.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 20.05 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1209.74 m = 3968.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1501.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.52 mb = 875.00 m = 2870.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.52 mb = 1921.48 m = 6303.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.52 mb = 13664.17 m = 44829.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1498.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 60.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 90.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -27.4 tot: -0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 209.33 Bulk Shear: 7.17 m/s