MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1015 10 25.4 24.6 95 0.9 24.8 44 3 297.3 300.9 297.5 354.0 19.51 1 1000 139 25.7 24.9 95 0.8 25.1 47 9 298.8 302.5 298.2 357.7 20.16 2 950 592 23.7 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 66 19 301.2 304.1 296.1 347.4 15.70 3 900 1064 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.8 74 16 303.5 306.1 295.7 346.0 14.31 4 850 1558 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 77 10 305.5 307.9 295.3 344.1 12.89 5 800 2077 15.7 12.1 79 3.6 13.3 79 6 307.8 309.9 294.7 341.6 11.15 6 750 2623 12.7 8.6 76 4.1 10.1 92 4 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.0 9.37 7 700 3199 9.6 4.0 68 5.6 6.3 103 5 313.1 314.5 293.3 335.9 7.30 8 650 3811 6.2 -0.4 63 6.5 2.7 106 6 315.9 317.0 292.8 334.1 5.74 9 600 4463 2.2 -5.4 57 7.6 -1.5 97 6 318.7 319.5 292.4 332.5 4.26 10 550 5160 -1.7 -12.9 42 11.3 -6.2 64 6 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.7 2.57 11 500 5911 -6.4 -20.3 32 13.9 -11.0 48 7 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.6 1.53 12 450 6726 -11.1 -41.9 6 30.8 -16.7 55 14 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.21 13 400 7619 -17.5 -32.4 26 14.9 -20.7 56 16 332.2 332.4 292.9 334.6 0.63 14 350 8604 -24.2 -41.2 19 17.0 -26.6 53 13 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.3 0.30 15 300 9710 -32.5 -41.0 42 8.6 -33.5 52 7 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.35 16 250 10970 -42.1 -45.5 70 3.4 -42.4 145 8 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12433 -55.3 -60.1 55 4.8 -55.4 125 8 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14219 -66.5 -72.3 44 5.8 -66.5 44 16 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 19 100 16639 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 96 17 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.53 m Freezing level: 571.57 mb = 4859.14 m = 15941.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.07 mb = 4221.01 m = 13848.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.63 mb = 115.92 m = 380.30 ft T: 25.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 27.64 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1249.89 m = 4100.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.40 C = 90.33 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1471.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.63 mb = 772.08 m = 2533.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.63 mb = 2016.84 m = 6616.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.63 mb = 13603.74 m = 44631.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1459.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 105.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -7.7 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 456.15 Bulk Shear: 3.23 m/s