MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-70.51 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -70.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 131 SFC 981 296 24.7 23.5 93 1.2 23.9 58 4 299.5 302.9 297.7 354.8 18.89 2 950 582 23.2 21.5 90 1.7 22.0 81 7 300.7 303.9 296.9 351.3 17.22 3 900 1053 20.5 17.9 85 2.6 18.7 115 11 302.6 305.3 295.6 345.5 14.48 4 850 1546 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 116 14 305.0 307.3 294.7 341.8 12.32 5 800 2064 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.7 109 15 307.7 309.7 294.2 339.5 10.50 6 750 2610 13.2 7.0 66 6.2 9.4 111 15 310.9 312.5 293.5 336.7 8.41 7 700 3187 10.3 1.6 55 8.7 5.5 120 16 313.9 315.1 292.6 333.3 6.17 8 650 3800 6.9 -3.0 49 10.0 1.8 119 17 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.9 4.70 9 600 4453 2.8 -3.4 63 6.2 -0.3 102 18 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.5 4.97 10 550 5152 -1.8 -4.9 80 3.1 -3.3 90 20 321.9 322.9 293.7 337.7 4.84 11 500 5904 -6.7 -10.5 75 3.8 -8.3 85 21 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.4 3.45 12 450 6719 -11.5 -20.4 48 8.8 -14.4 80 22 328.7 329.1 293.0 334.6 1.68 13 400 7612 -16.9 -26.4 43 9.6 -19.3 84 20 333.1 333.3 293.6 337.1 1.10 14 350 8599 -24.5 -32.1 50 7.6 -25.9 107 8 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.5 0.74 15 300 9704 -32.5 -38.1 57 5.7 -33.2 254 7 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.5 0.48 16 250 10963 -42.5 -47.9 56 5.4 -42.8 267 7 342.9 343.0 295.2 343.8 0.20 17 200 12429 -54.4 -58.5 61 4.1 -54.5 248 21 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14218 -65.8 -74.5 29 8.7 -65.9 218 15 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16636 -74.0 -86.7 12 12.8 -74.0 88 7 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.06 m Freezing level: 569.59 mb = 4878.31 m = 16004.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.65 mb = 4349.88 m = 14271.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.32 mb = 450.64 m = 1478.47 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1321.14 m = 4334.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.88 mb = 1015.76 m = 3332.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.88 mb = 3200.47 m = 10500.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.88 mb = 13123.27 m = 43054.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1017.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.88 mb = 16128.93 m = 52915.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 133.0 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 74.57 Bulk Shear: 13.87 m/s