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: 21.22,-89.41 Latitude: 21.22 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 4 26.7 25.8 95 0.9 26.0 55 5 298.5 302.3 298.7 359.8 20.97 1 1000 140 25.7 25.3 97 0.4 25.4 57 11 298.9 302.6 298.5 359.3 20.68 2 950 593 23.9 19.0 74 4.9 20.5 72 19 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.7 14.71 3 900 1065 21.1 17.7 81 3.3 18.8 81 15 303.2 305.9 295.7 345.7 14.33 4 850 1559 18.5 14.5 78 4.0 15.8 81 9 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.4 12.31 5 800 2077 15.7 10.1 69 5.6 12.1 71 6 307.9 309.7 293.7 337.5 9.76 6 750 2623 12.9 7.0 68 5.9 9.3 76 4 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.4 8.41 7 700 3199 9.7 2.9 63 6.8 5.9 99 3 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.4 6.77 8 650 3811 6.5 -7.0 38 13.4 0.1 90 4 316.3 316.9 291.0 327.6 3.49 9 600 4462 2.5 -18.0 20 20.5 -4.9 76 6 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.3 1.54 10 550 5160 -1.4 -23.7 16 22.3 -8.4 69 6 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.0 1.03 11 500 5911 -6.3 -25.9 19 19.7 -11.9 65 8 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.92 12 450 6727 -10.9 -48.6 3 37.6 -16.7 64 13 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.10 13 400 7620 -17.5 -35.1 20 17.6 -20.9 58 14 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.48 14 350 8605 -24.3 -39.2 24 14.9 -26.5 56 11 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.5 0.37 15 300 9710 -32.5 -45.0 28 12.5 -33.8 53 8 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.23 16 250 10969 -41.9 -46.6 60 4.7 -42.3 147 2 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.23 17 200 12436 -55.1 -59.0 62 3.8 -55.2 143 4 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14219 -66.7 -72.5 44 5.8 -66.7 35 16 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16641 -71.3 -85.5 10 14.2 -71.4 99 17 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.45 m Freezing level: 567.97 mb = 4908.93 m = 16105.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.64 mb = 3828.20 m = 12559.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.58 mb = 117.02 m = 383.91 ft T: 25.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.39 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1239.15 m = 4065.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1352.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.76 mb = 809.28 m = 2655.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.76 mb = 2058.16 m = 6752.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.76 mb = 13379.31 m = 43894.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1350.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.9 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 104.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 364.09 Bulk Shear: 3.71 m/s