MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 33.34,-71.08 Latitude: 33.34 Longitude: -71.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 -2 26.9 24.7 88 2.2 25.3 268 9 299.3 302.9 298.1 357.0 19.74 1 1000 75 25.9 23.9 89 2.0 24.5 269 10 299.0 302.5 297.6 354.5 19.00 2 950 527 22.8 20.8 89 2.0 21.4 279 12 300.3 303.3 296.4 348.8 16.54 3 900 998 20.7 18.8 89 1.9 19.4 306 14 302.9 305.7 296.3 348.5 15.39 4 850 1492 18.3 16.5 89 1.9 17.1 309 13 305.3 307.9 296.0 347.2 13.99 5 800 2011 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 308 13 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.5 12.44 6 750 2557 13.0 10.5 85 2.4 11.4 314 14 310.6 312.7 295.1 343.5 10.72 7 700 3136 10.7 7.0 78 3.7 8.4 326 15 314.4 316.1 294.9 342.4 9.00 8 650 3752 8.2 3.1 70 5.1 5.2 336 16 318.2 319.7 294.7 341.7 7.38 9 600 4409 4.8 -0.8 67 5.6 1.7 348 18 321.7 322.8 294.6 341.2 6.02 10 550 5114 1.2 -7.7 52 8.9 -3.0 352 23 325.5 326.2 293.9 338.5 3.90 11 500 5874 -3.5 -21.7 23 18.2 -9.6 347 23 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.6 1.34 12 450 6699 -8.4 -24.8 25 16.5 -13.3 335 19 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.8 1.13 13 400 7602 -14.0 -26.5 34 12.5 -17.4 308 19 336.8 337.0 294.5 340.8 1.09 14 350 8602 -20.7 -25.2 67 4.5 -21.9 311 13 340.9 341.1 295.7 346.0 1.41 15 300 9724 -28.9 -33.1 67 4.1 -29.7 342 8 344.6 344.8 296.1 347.6 0.79 16 250 11001 -39.4 -43.6 64 4.2 -39.8 349 7 347.5 347.6 296.4 348.8 0.32 17 200 12486 -51.8 -55.7 63 3.9 -52.0 120 3 350.8 350.8 296.9 351.2 0.10 18 150 14277 -68.4 -72.7 54 4.3 -68.5 150 11 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.3 -83.1 12 13.8 -69.4 337 5 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.43 m Freezing level: 537.46 mb = 5304.82 m = 17404.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.89 mb = 4657.53 m = 15280.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.69 mb = 274.10 m = 899.25 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.46 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1043.25 m = 3422.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.82 mb = 695.47 m = 2281.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.82 mb = 2044.42 m = 6707.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 676.82 mb = 3415.63 m = 11206.01 ft B at Equ Level: 23.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.82 mb = 15281.36 m = 50135.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.8 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 358.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.48 Bulk Shear: 23.77 m/s