MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 31.03,-70.94 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -70.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 28.1 24.0 79 4.1 25.1 315 10 299.6 303.0 297.6 354.6 18.77 1 1000 167 26.3 22.9 82 3.4 23.9 315 10 299.5 302.7 297.0 351.7 17.86 2 950 620 22.6 19.6 83 3.0 20.5 310 11 300.1 302.9 295.5 344.8 15.27 3 900 1089 19.2 15.2 78 4.0 16.5 302 9 301.3 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.13 4 850 1578 16.2 8.9 62 7.2 11.7 295 8 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.3 8.46 5 800 2093 15.9 -2.7 28 18.6 6.5 287 11 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.3 3.92 6 750 2638 13.6 -12.6 15 26.2 2.5 280 9 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.6 1.93 7 700 3214 10.6 -12.8 18 23.4 0.8 281 8 314.3 314.7 289.0 321.0 2.04 8 650 3827 7.4 -14.3 20 21.7 -1.3 305 6 317.4 317.8 289.9 323.9 1.94 9 600 4481 3.8 -10.5 34 14.3 -2.5 318 3 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.0 2.86 10 550 5182 0.2 -16.8 27 16.9 -6.2 16 3 324.3 324.6 291.9 330.7 1.87 11 500 5939 -4.5 -17.3 36 12.8 -9.2 71 9 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.3 1.97 12 450 6761 -9.2 -15.3 62 6.0 -11.6 73 11 331.6 332.1 294.5 340.6 2.60 13 400 7661 -15.3 -21.7 58 6.4 -17.3 46 11 335.1 335.5 294.6 341.2 1.69 14 350 8656 -22.0 -32.6 38 10.6 -24.1 62 14 339.2 339.3 294.8 341.8 0.71 15 300 9771 -30.8 -38.1 48 7.4 -31.8 61 20 342.0 342.1 295.3 343.9 0.48 16 250 11037 -40.8 -47.9 46 7.2 -41.3 79 20 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.3 0.20 17 200 12511 -54.3 -58.8 57 4.6 -54.4 64 27 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14294 -68.1 -71.1 65 3.1 -68.1 104 23 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16714 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 80 15 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.66 m Freezing level: 548.31 mb = 5207.82 m = 17085.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.63 mb = 3446.31 m = 11306.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.15 mb = 517.35 m = 1697.32 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 36.97 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 1004.91 m = 3296.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.67 C Cross Totals Index: 13.44 C K Index: 6.17 Risk: None Sweat Index: 132.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 169.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.74 mb = 863.43 m = 2832.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.74 mb = 1196.91 m = 3926.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 818.74 mb = 1896.38 m = 6221.64 ft B at Equ Level: 14.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.74 mb = 2429.44 m = 7970.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -11.4 tot: -10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 140.97 Bulk Shear: 1.20 m/s