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: 18.45,-70.2 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -70.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 982 294 24.5 23.9 97 0.6 24.0 36 1 299.2 302.7 297.8 355.7 19.35 2 950 583 22.6 22.2 98 0.4 22.3 115 7 300.1 303.4 297.3 353.0 18.03 3 900 1054 20.4 17.9 86 2.5 18.7 133 12 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.2 14.45 4 850 1546 18.0 13.7 76 4.3 15.1 126 14 305.0 307.2 294.3 339.9 11.67 5 800 2064 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.0 118 15 307.9 309.7 293.6 336.9 9.55 6 750 2610 13.3 5.5 59 7.8 8.6 121 15 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.56 7 700 3187 10.5 -0.9 45 11.4 4.5 127 17 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.4 5.13 8 650 3801 7.0 -4.2 45 11.2 1.4 122 17 316.8 317.7 291.9 330.7 4.30 9 600 4454 2.9 -3.4 63 6.3 -0.3 100 18 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.5 4.96 10 550 5152 -1.9 -5.2 78 3.3 -3.5 89 20 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.4 4.74 11 500 5904 -6.7 -10.9 72 4.2 -8.5 80 20 324.9 325.5 293.3 336.1 3.34 12 450 6719 -11.5 -21.4 44 9.9 -14.6 76 21 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.2 1.54 13 400 7612 -16.6 -29.2 33 12.6 -19.6 78 19 333.4 333.6 293.4 336.5 0.86 14 350 8601 -24.6 -27.7 75 3.2 -25.3 94 12 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.7 1.12 15 300 9706 -32.4 -38.0 58 5.5 -33.2 225 7 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.5 0.48 16 250 10964 -42.5 -47.1 60 4.6 -42.8 253 8 343.0 343.0 295.3 343.8 0.22 17 200 12431 -54.4 -58.5 61 4.1 -54.5 244 20 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14220 -66.0 -74.2 31 8.2 -66.0 218 14 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16636 -74.0 -86.4 13 12.3 -74.1 75 7 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.07 m Freezing level: 569.73 mb = 4876.54 m = 15998.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.76 mb = 4321.84 m = 14179.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.20 mb = 362.46 m = 1189.16 ft T: 24.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 25.37 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1181.79 m = 3877.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 27.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.37 mb = 925.34 m = 3035.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.37 mb = 3087.91 m = 10130.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.37 mb = 13142.94 m = 43119.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1144.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.37 mb = 16157.17 m = 53008.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.7 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 137.7 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 81.21 Bulk Shear: 14.22 m/s