MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 1012 9 28.5 22.7 71 5.8 24.3 17 9 300.6 303.8 297.0 351.8 17.43 1 1000 114 27.3 22.4 74 4.9 23.7 19 13 300.4 303.6 296.8 351.0 17.25 2 950 568 24.9 16.4 59 8.5 19.1 34 16 302.5 304.7 294.1 339.3 12.47 3 900 1042 22.6 17.7 74 4.9 19.2 68 6 304.8 307.5 296.1 347.6 14.33 4 850 1537 19.3 13.3 68 6.0 15.3 115 6 306.3 308.5 294.4 340.5 11.37 5 800 2057 16.1 9.2 64 6.9 11.8 135 8 308.3 310.1 293.4 336.3 9.19 6 750 2602 12.5 6.5 66 6.1 8.9 114 6 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.1 8.10 7 700 3178 9.8 -2.6 42 12.3 3.4 73 7 313.3 314.1 291.0 327.6 4.52 8 650 3790 6.8 -11.7 25 18.5 -1.1 75 9 316.7 317.1 290.1 324.5 2.39 9 600 4442 3.1 -15.9 23 19.0 -4.2 88 9 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.9 1.84 10 550 5140 -0.7 -23.0 17 22.3 -7.9 97 7 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.09 11 500 5894 -5.8 -24.3 22 18.5 -11.3 125 5 326.0 326.2 291.7 329.8 1.07 12 450 6710 -11.2 -31.1 18 19.9 -15.9 136 4 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.5 0.63 13 400 7603 -17.1 -37.1 16 20.1 -20.8 131 5 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.39 14 350 8589 -24.6 -36.5 32 11.9 -26.6 101 6 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.48 15 300 9693 -32.8 -47.6 21 14.9 -34.1 93 3 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.17 16 250 10948 -43.0 -52.6 34 9.5 -43.6 117 4 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.6 0.12 17 200 12412 -53.9 -63.5 30 9.6 -54.2 172 7 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14210 -64.9 -73.9 28 9.0 -65.0 117 6 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16642 -71.9 -88.1 7 16.2 -72.0 123 17 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.50 m Freezing level: 559.52 mb = 5007.27 m = 16427.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.12 mb = 3637.11 m = 11932.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.86 C = 92.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.84 mb = 746.57 m = 2449.34 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2071.00 m = 6794.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.27 C = 97.29 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.22 mb = 1303.83 m = 4277.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.22 mb = 5021.25 m = 16473.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.22 mb = 11546.54 m = 37881.89 ft B at Equ Level: 342.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.22 mb = 13876.62 m = 45526.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.8 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 111.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 19.69 Bulk Shear: 17.57 m/s