MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 18.31,-67.52 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -67.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -0 28.5 25.3 83 3.3 26.1 44 4 300.3 304.0 298.7 360.0 20.32 1 1000 147 27.1 24.5 86 2.5 25.2 40 4 300.2 303.8 298.4 358.2 19.75 2 950 602 23.6 22.0 91 1.5 22.5 78 3 301.1 304.4 297.4 353.5 17.82 3 900 1074 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 91 5 302.8 305.8 296.7 350.4 16.06 4 850 1567 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 94 9 304.4 307.0 296.0 347.2 14.38 5 800 2084 15.7 11.4 76 4.3 12.9 101 17 307.8 309.8 294.3 340.0 10.63 6 750 2631 13.8 4.4 53 9.3 8.3 108 20 311.5 312.9 292.6 333.3 7.03 7 700 3208 9.7 -4.7 36 14.4 2.7 100 16 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.6 3.86 8 650 3817 4.9 -6.7 43 11.6 -0.4 83 14 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.0 3.56 9 600 4464 0.2 -8.6 52 8.8 -3.7 68 13 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.2 3.34 10 550 5156 -3.8 -12.5 51 8.7 -7.3 59 14 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.4 2.65 11 500 5903 -7.4 -18.4 41 10.9 -11.2 55 19 324.0 324.3 291.7 330.1 1.80 12 450 6717 -10.9 -32.2 16 21.2 -15.9 57 19 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.57 13 400 7612 -16.4 -36.2 16 19.8 -20.3 56 20 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.43 14 350 8602 -23.3 -32.6 42 9.3 -25.1 48 21 337.4 337.6 294.3 340.1 0.71 15 300 9710 -32.7 -40.4 46 7.7 -33.6 37 19 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.8 0.38 16 250 10965 -43.3 -53.6 31 10.3 -43.9 27 20 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.10 17 200 12423 -55.5 -62.4 42 6.9 -55.7 22 19 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14218 -63.9 -77.6 14 13.7 -64.0 83 8 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16653 -72.0 -87.5 8 15.5 -72.0 120 13 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.62 m Freezing level: 597.23 mb = 4502.44 m = 14771.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.23 mb = 3726.34 m = 12225.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.34 mb = 414.17 m = 1358.82 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 34.43 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 823.53 m = 2701.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -6.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 27.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2453.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.67 mb = 697.27 m = 2287.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.67 mb = 1028.40 m = 3373.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.67 mb = 13635.81 m = 44736.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2453.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.2 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 112.2 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -7.3 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 200.82 Bulk Shear: 12.22 m/s