MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 9 33.7 22.0 51 11.7 25.1 54 4 305.7 308.8 297.8 355.4 16.61 1 1000 126 30.2 21.2 59 9.0 23.7 57 4 303.4 306.3 296.8 351.0 16.04 2 950 584 25.5 20.2 73 5.3 21.7 55 4 303.0 306.0 296.7 350.1 15.86 3 900 1057 20.9 18.7 88 2.1 19.4 50 4 303.0 305.8 296.3 348.3 15.28 4 850 1550 18.8 7.3 47 11.5 11.9 358 5 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.7 7.56 5 800 2067 16.5 2.6 39 13.8 8.7 37 2 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.6 5.79 6 750 2613 13.5 -0.5 38 14.0 6.1 65 3 311.2 312.2 290.7 326.7 4.92 7 700 3190 10.4 -3.6 37 14.0 3.3 66 6 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.3 4.18 8 650 3803 6.6 -6.8 38 13.4 0.3 64 6 316.5 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.54 9 600 4454 2.7 -11.9 33 14.6 -3.4 76 6 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.7 2.55 10 550 5152 -1.4 -17.5 28 16.1 -7.2 91 5 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.76 11 500 5904 -5.9 -24.0 22 18.1 -11.3 111 7 325.8 326.1 291.6 329.7 1.10 12 450 6720 -11.4 -28.9 22 17.5 -15.8 110 9 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.78 13 400 7612 -17.4 -38.2 15 20.8 -21.1 102 11 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.35 14 350 8597 -24.9 -36.4 34 11.5 -26.8 85 12 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.1 0.49 15 300 9700 -33.1 -45.8 27 12.7 -34.3 71 9 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.21 16 250 10955 -43.0 -53.9 29 11.0 -43.5 80 10 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.10 17 200 12417 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.9 85 9 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14211 -65.1 -73.6 30 8.5 -65.2 109 11 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16647 -70.7 -88.6 5 17.9 -70.8 112 13 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.26 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4914.64 m = 16123.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3855.16 m = 12648.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.52 mb = 1483.68 m = 4867.65 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 28.85 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1696.05 m = 5564.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 13.20 C K Index: 18.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1348.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.77 mb = 1282.25 m = 4206.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.77 mb = 2934.36 m = 9627.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.77 mb = 13366.25 m = 43851.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1326.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 68.5 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 98.5 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -3.0 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4466.14 Bulk Shear: 0.30 m/s