MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 21.22,-89.41 Latitude: 21.22 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 25.7 23.9 90 1.8 24.3 121 4 297.7 301.1 297.1 352.0 18.69 1 1000 117 24.9 23.6 93 1.3 24.0 122 7 298.1 301.5 297.1 352.4 18.69 2 950 569 23.5 19.8 80 3.7 20.9 133 18 301.1 303.9 295.9 346.7 15.53 3 900 1040 22.0 13.5 58 8.5 16.4 118 16 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.5 10.84 4 850 1535 19.2 13.7 70 5.5 15.5 131 7 306.2 308.4 294.6 341.2 11.64 5 800 2054 16.3 7.2 55 9.0 10.8 139 6 308.5 310.0 292.5 333.0 8.01 6 750 2600 13.0 4.3 55 8.7 7.9 126 8 310.6 312.0 292.3 332.1 6.93 7 700 3176 9.3 2.5 62 6.8 5.5 117 8 312.8 314.0 292.6 333.2 6.55 8 650 3787 6.1 -2.2 55 8.3 1.8 107 6 315.9 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.01 9 600 4438 2.2 -8.6 45 10.7 -2.7 102 5 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.5 3.33 10 550 5135 -2.2 -16.8 32 14.6 -7.5 104 5 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.7 1.86 11 500 5885 -6.6 -29.5 14 22.9 -12.5 93 6 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.66 12 450 6697 -12.6 -28.6 25 16.0 -16.6 92 7 327.4 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.80 13 400 7586 -18.0 -39.5 13 21.5 -21.6 79 8 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.31 14 350 8569 -25.5 -32.8 51 7.2 -26.9 75 6 334.3 334.5 293.6 336.9 0.70 15 300 9670 -33.0 -46.9 24 13.9 -34.3 217 2 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.19 16 250 10926 -42.8 -51.5 38 8.8 -43.3 219 12 342.5 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.13 17 200 12390 -54.8 -59.5 56 4.7 -54.9 222 15 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.06 18 150 14180 -64.7 -74.6 24 9.9 -64.8 140 6 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16628 -70.5 -88.4 5 17.9 -70.6 166 3 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.07 m Freezing level: 575.48 mb = 4779.71 m = 15681.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4040.82 m = 13257.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.89 mb = 233.09 m = 764.73 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1697.86 m = 5570.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.93 C = 94.87 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.20 mb = 884.78 m = 2902.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.20 mb = 2926.68 m = 9601.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.20 mb = 12669.87 m = 41567.30 ft B at Equ Level: 960.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.20 mb = 15467.02 m = 50744.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.8 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 148.8 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -14.9 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 993.61 Bulk Shear: 0.98 m/s