MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 28.16,-81.81 Latitude: 28.16 Longitude: -81.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 39 34.3 22.8 51 11.5 25.7 297 2 306.1 309.4 298.4 358.5 17.45 1 1000 173 32.1 21.8 55 10.2 24.6 299 2 305.2 308.3 297.7 355.0 16.66 2 950 635 27.5 20.8 67 6.7 22.6 309 2 305.1 308.1 297.5 354.3 16.46 3 900 1111 22.8 19.8 83 3.0 20.6 318 2 305.0 308.1 297.5 353.9 16.37 4 850 1607 18.3 17.7 96 0.6 17.9 1 3 305.4 308.2 296.8 350.8 15.20 5 800 2125 14.8 13.2 90 1.7 13.7 9 5 307.0 309.2 295.1 343.1 12.00 6 750 2669 11.3 7.5 78 3.8 9.0 30 4 308.8 310.4 293.2 335.3 8.69 7 700 3242 8.9 1.9 62 7.0 5.0 283 4 312.3 313.5 292.2 332.0 6.29 8 650 3853 5.7 -2.9 54 8.6 1.4 267 5 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.6 4.76 9 600 4502 1.5 -8.9 46 10.4 -3.1 251 8 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.26 10 550 5198 -2.2 -18.9 27 16.7 -7.9 253 10 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.9 1.56 11 500 5948 -6.8 -22.0 29 15.3 -11.5 236 10 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.4 1.31 12 450 6762 -12.0 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.7 206 11 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.8 1.60 13 400 7654 -17.2 -23.8 56 6.6 -19.1 200 17 332.6 332.9 293.7 337.6 1.39 14 350 8641 -24.1 -27.6 73 3.5 -24.9 206 17 336.3 336.5 294.4 340.5 1.14 15 300 9748 -32.2 -36.3 67 4.1 -32.8 213 14 340.0 340.2 294.8 342.2 0.57 16 250 11009 -42.3 -46.3 65 4.0 -42.6 190 18 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.24 17 200 12474 -54.6 -58.6 61 4.0 -54.7 195 17 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.07 18 150 14258 -65.5 -73.2 33 7.7 -65.5 174 14 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16690 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 93 17 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.52 m Freezing level: 579.40 mb = 4788.94 m = 15711.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.65 mb = 4046.85 m = 13276.90 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.69 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.63 mb = 1499.10 m = 4918.26 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 31.68 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.64 mb = 1499.00 m = 4917.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.45 C = 92.21 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.97 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2287.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.20 mb = 1483.36 m = 4866.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.20 mb = 1533.80 m = 5032.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.20 mb = 13967.61 m = 45824.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2277.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -4.7 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1142.67 Bulk Shear: 2.00 m/s