MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.35,-70.34 Latitude: 31.35 Longitude: -70.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 28.4 24.3 78 4.1 25.4 250 16 300.0 303.5 297.9 356.1 19.10 1 1000 154 26.8 22.8 79 3.9 23.9 250 18 299.9 303.2 297.0 351.9 17.76 2 950 608 22.5 21.3 93 1.2 21.6 251 18 300.1 303.2 296.6 349.9 17.02 3 900 1077 20.1 12.9 63 7.2 15.4 258 17 302.2 304.1 292.5 333.0 10.42 4 850 1568 18.0 5.8 45 12.2 10.9 259 17 305.0 306.2 290.4 325.5 6.79 5 800 2085 15.5 5.8 52 9.7 9.7 251 19 307.6 309.0 291.6 329.7 7.24 6 750 2629 12.8 6.2 64 6.5 8.8 250 18 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.9 7.97 7 700 3206 10.2 -1.4 44 11.6 4.1 258 12 313.7 314.7 291.5 329.3 4.93 8 650 3818 6.5 -6.5 39 13.1 0.4 259 8 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.0 3.61 9 600 4470 3.4 -9.7 38 13.1 -2.4 227 2 320.1 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.06 10 550 5171 0.1 -9.4 49 9.5 -4.2 356 8 324.2 324.8 293.2 335.5 3.41 11 500 5929 -3.9 -24.5 18 20.6 -10.3 353 13 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.0 1.05 12 450 6752 -8.5 -23.7 28 15.3 -13.2 10 14 332.6 332.9 293.6 337.1 1.25 13 400 7655 -14.9 -20.1 65 5.2 -16.6 17 14 335.6 336.0 294.9 342.5 1.93 14 350 8650 -22.3 -27.3 64 5.0 -23.5 29 15 338.7 339.0 295.0 343.1 1.17 15 300 9767 -29.8 -32.6 77 2.8 -30.3 60 15 343.3 343.5 295.8 346.5 0.82 16 250 11038 -40.7 -44.0 70 3.3 -41.0 32 11 345.6 345.6 295.9 346.8 0.31 17 200 12512 -53.2 -59.7 45 6.5 -53.4 49 21 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14301 -67.9 -71.2 63 3.3 -67.9 91 20 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16728 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 106 8 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.61 m Freezing level: 549.23 mb = 5182.97 m = 17004.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3901.14 m = 12798.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.24 mb = 522.17 m = 1713.13 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 30.56 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 1056.65 m = 3466.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.82 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 9.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 9.70 C K Index: 16.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.86 mb = 821.93 m = 2696.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.86 mb = 2386.88 m = 7830.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.86 mb = 12770.39 m = 41897.10 ft B at Equ Level: 367.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.86 mb = 15072.46 m = 49449.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -9.1 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 70.29 Bulk Shear: 5.30 m/s