MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.32,-70.34 Latitude: 34.32 Longitude: -70.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -2 27.6 25.8 90 1.8 26.3 340 7 299.8 303.6 299.1 361.8 21.11 1 1000 96 26.6 25.2 92 1.4 25.6 340 8 299.7 303.5 298.8 360.3 20.63 2 950 550 24.1 21.4 85 2.7 22.1 340 9 301.6 304.8 297.1 352.0 17.09 3 900 1023 22.0 18.9 82 3.1 19.8 349 9 304.1 307.0 296.6 350.0 15.40 4 850 1519 19.5 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 344 8 306.6 309.1 296.1 347.8 13.73 5 800 2039 17.0 13.2 79 3.8 14.4 342 8 309.2 311.5 295.7 345.8 12.02 6 750 2589 14.6 10.3 75 4.4 11.8 340 9 312.5 314.5 295.5 344.9 10.52 7 700 3170 12.0 6.5 69 5.5 8.6 339 11 315.7 317.4 295.0 342.9 8.68 8 650 3788 8.9 0.1 54 8.8 4.1 339 12 319.1 320.2 293.9 338.1 5.95 9 600 4446 4.8 -9.9 34 14.7 -1.8 339 12 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.7 3.01 10 550 5149 1.0 -23.8 14 24.8 -7.1 313 14 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.02 11 500 5907 -4.2 -17.6 34 13.4 -9.2 291 12 327.9 328.2 292.9 334.5 1.91 12 450 6729 -8.9 -23.4 30 14.5 -13.3 278 9 332.1 332.3 293.5 336.7 1.29 13 400 7632 -14.0 -26.7 34 12.6 -17.5 260 10 336.7 337.0 294.5 340.7 1.08 14 350 8630 -21.1 -54.0 4 32.9 -24.8 289 19 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 15 300 9747 -30.5 -39.9 39 9.4 -31.8 278 23 342.4 342.5 295.3 343.9 0.40 16 250 11014 -41.1 -56.6 17 15.5 -41.9 271 27 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.07 17 200 12487 -52.7 -57.0 60 4.3 -52.9 244 21 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14275 -66.9 -72.6 45 5.7 -67.0 240 19 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.7 -84.5 8 15.9 -68.7 191 3 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.30 m Freezing level: 540.50 mb = 5293.22 m = 17366.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.33 mb = 4238.40 m = 13905.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.70 mb = 223.29 m = 732.56 ft T: 25.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 32.90 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1201.63 m = 3942.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1231.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.68 mb = 738.96 m = 2424.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.68 mb = 3477.55 m = 11409.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.68 mb = 14490.67 m = 47540.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1191.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 1.9 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1381.67 Bulk Shear: 0.89 m/s