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: 31.17,-71.18 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -71.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.0 24.8 83 3.2 25.6 317 10 299.5 303.1 298.1 357.3 19.71 1 1000 167 26.1 23.9 88 2.2 24.5 317 10 299.3 302.7 297.7 354.8 18.98 2 950 620 22.7 20.0 85 2.7 20.8 317 11 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.1 15.66 3 900 1089 19.3 14.8 75 4.5 16.3 309 10 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.4 11.86 4 850 1579 16.1 9.5 65 6.6 12.0 309 8 303.0 304.6 291.5 329.2 8.80 5 800 2092 15.3 -0.4 34 15.7 7.1 298 9 307.5 308.3 289.3 321.8 4.65 6 750 2637 13.6 -13.4 14 27.0 2.4 282 10 311.3 311.7 287.8 317.3 1.81 7 700 3214 10.9 -20.6 9 31.5 -0.4 292 8 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.1 1.06 8 650 3827 7.9 -22.4 10 30.2 -2.4 314 7 317.9 318.1 289.1 321.3 0.98 9 600 4481 4.0 -11.2 32 15.2 -2.6 330 5 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.7 2.70 10 550 5183 0.1 -15.2 31 15.2 -6.0 5 3 324.1 324.6 292.1 331.4 2.13 11 500 5940 -4.2 -23.9 20 19.7 -10.4 68 7 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.9 1.11 12 450 6761 -9.1 -22.1 34 13.0 -13.3 75 9 331.8 332.1 293.6 336.9 1.44 13 400 7662 -15.3 -22.7 53 7.5 -17.5 41 9 335.1 335.5 294.5 340.7 1.54 14 350 8656 -21.9 -34.1 32 12.3 -24.2 61 14 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.61 15 300 9772 -30.8 -37.2 53 6.4 -31.8 68 17 341.9 342.0 295.3 344.0 0.52 16 250 11038 -40.7 -45.9 57 5.2 -41.2 81 18 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.25 17 200 12512 -54.3 -58.0 64 3.7 -54.4 69 24 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.08 18 150 14294 -68.0 -70.7 69 2.6 -68.1 106 22 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 19 100 16715 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 82 14 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.65 m Freezing level: 549.36 mb = 5192.52 m = 17035.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.94 mb = 3131.26 m = 10273.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.77 mb = 401.85 m = 1318.40 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 40.01 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.77 mb = 919.68 m = 3017.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 7.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: -1.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.05 mb = 785.77 m = 2577.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.05 mb = 1021.64 m = 3351.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.05 mb = 2230.14 m = 7316.65 ft B at Equ Level: 32.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.05 mb = 15285.47 m = 50148.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -8.5 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 406.67 Bulk Shear: 1.14 m/s