MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 28.03,-68.15 Latitude: 28.03 Longitude: -68.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1024 -1 28.4 22.7 72 5.6 24.3 166 6 299.5 302.7 296.6 349.9 17.25 1 1000 205 26.2 21.5 75 4.7 22.8 167 6 299.4 302.3 296.0 347.0 16.32 2 950 658 21.9 20.7 93 1.2 21.1 168 6 299.4 302.4 296.0 347.3 16.40 3 900 1126 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 192 8 301.2 303.5 293.8 338.0 12.51 4 850 1616 16.5 12.9 79 3.7 14.1 186 7 303.5 305.5 293.4 336.3 11.05 5 800 2131 13.9 10.6 80 3.4 11.8 190 5 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.2 10.06 6 750 2674 11.2 7.7 79 3.5 9.1 204 3 308.8 310.4 293.3 335.7 8.85 7 700 3247 8.1 4.1 76 4.0 5.8 217 2 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.2 7.34 8 650 3856 5.0 -0.3 68 5.3 2.2 166 3 314.7 315.8 292.5 332.9 5.77 9 600 4506 1.5 -3.8 67 5.4 -1.2 194 3 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.4 4.80 10 550 5202 -2.3 -5.1 81 2.8 -3.7 65 2 321.4 322.3 293.6 336.9 4.76 11 500 5954 -6.7 -9.3 82 2.6 -7.8 82 3 324.9 325.6 293.7 337.5 3.79 12 450 6769 -11.1 -23.2 36 12.1 -14.7 97 9 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.9 1.31 13 400 7663 -16.8 -40.2 11 23.4 -20.8 83 16 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.29 14 350 8651 -23.4 -49.9 7 26.6 -26.4 67 24 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.11 15 300 9760 -32.5 -51.5 13 19.0 -34.1 66 33 339.5 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 16 250 11016 -42.7 -58.6 16 15.9 -43.4 59 45 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.06 17 200 12481 -54.2 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.4 65 55 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14267 -65.6 -74.1 30 8.5 -65.7 79 39 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16712 -68.4 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.5 76 20 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.72 m Freezing level: 579.83 mb = 4786.54 m = 15703.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.25 mb = 4275.59 m = 14027.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.40 mb = 718.32 m = 2356.66 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 999.45 m = 3279.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 32.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.42 mb = 847.69 m = 2781.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.42 mb = 1276.04 m = 4186.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.42 mb = 12337.00 m = 40475.23 ft B at Equ Level: 750.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.42 mb = 15394.35 m = 50505.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.2 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 207.2 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1550.36 Bulk Shear: 0.49 m/s