MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1011 9 34.8 21.4 46 13.5 25.0 14 7 307.0 310.0 297.7 355.2 16.01 1 1000 111 32.0 20.6 51 11.4 23.8 15 8 305.2 308.0 297.0 351.4 15.47 2 950 571 27.4 19.5 62 7.8 21.8 19 8 304.9 307.8 296.7 350.4 15.23 3 900 1047 22.8 18.5 77 4.3 19.8 30 5 305.0 307.8 296.6 349.9 15.04 4 850 1542 18.2 16.5 90 1.6 17.1 39 4 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.2 14.06 5 800 2060 16.2 3.8 44 12.4 9.1 113 3 308.4 309.6 291.1 327.8 6.30 6 750 2605 13.1 2.3 48 10.8 7.1 89 3 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.6 6.04 7 700 3182 10.1 -2.8 40 12.9 3.5 75 6 313.7 314.5 291.0 327.7 4.43 8 650 3794 6.6 -8.8 32 15.5 -0.3 74 7 316.5 317.0 290.6 326.3 3.02 9 600 4445 2.7 -17.0 22 19.8 -4.6 86 8 319.3 319.6 290.3 324.9 1.68 10 550 5143 -1.4 -20.2 22 18.8 -7.8 96 7 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.2 1.39 11 500 5895 -6.1 -23.9 23 17.8 -11.5 119 7 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.11 12 450 6710 -11.6 -31.2 18 19.6 -16.2 125 8 328.6 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.63 13 400 7602 -17.5 -35.5 19 18.0 -21.0 124 9 332.2 332.3 292.8 333.9 0.46 14 350 8586 -24.9 -36.7 33 11.7 -26.9 102 9 335.1 335.2 293.6 336.9 0.47 15 300 9689 -33.1 -46.7 24 13.6 -34.4 87 6 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.19 16 250 10944 -43.1 -53.3 31 10.3 -43.6 106 7 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.11 17 200 12406 -54.6 -61.8 41 7.2 -54.8 135 9 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14198 -65.6 -73.4 33 7.8 -65.7 126 8 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16632 -70.3 -88.2 6 17.9 -70.4 100 12 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.24 m Freezing level: 567.16 mb = 4903.78 m = 16088.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.36 mb = 3738.76 m = 12266.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.65 mb = 1708.00 m = 5603.60 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 27.43 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1688.54 m = 5539.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.06 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 27.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1464.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.18 mb = 1570.44 m = 5152.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.18 mb = 2469.21 m = 8101.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.18 mb = 13339.12 m = 43762.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1451.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.2 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 102.2 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 247.13 Bulk Shear: 5.93 m/s