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: 28.77,-81.49 Latitude: 28.77 Longitude: -81.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 32.9 24.2 60 8.7 26.4 65 7 304.5 308.0 299.0 361.3 19.01 1 1000 173 31.2 23.4 63 7.8 25.4 67 9 304.4 307.8 298.5 359.2 18.37 2 950 634 26.6 22.5 78 4.1 23.6 70 9 304.2 307.6 298.5 359.0 18.38 3 900 1110 22.1 21.6 97 0.5 21.8 75 8 304.3 307.7 298.5 359.1 18.38 4 850 1606 19.1 18.9 99 0.1 19.0 126 2 306.1 309.2 297.8 355.5 16.43 5 800 2126 15.3 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 280 2 307.4 309.9 296.1 347.6 13.31 6 750 2670 11.5 9.2 86 2.3 10.1 321 2 309.1 311.0 294.1 339.0 9.80 7 700 3244 8.2 3.4 72 4.8 5.5 258 4 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.3 7.00 8 650 3854 5.5 -1.8 59 7.3 1.7 267 5 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.6 5.17 9 600 4503 1.7 -10.0 42 11.6 -3.4 262 6 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.8 2.99 10 550 5199 -2.4 -15.6 36 13.2 -7.4 254 7 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.07 11 500 5948 -6.8 -20.2 34 13.4 -11.2 244 10 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.1 1.54 12 450 6763 -11.7 -25.8 30 14.2 -15.6 224 12 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.2 1.03 13 400 7655 -16.9 -36.4 17 19.5 -20.7 210 15 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.6 0.42 14 350 8643 -24.0 -31.3 51 7.3 -25.5 198 20 336.4 336.5 294.1 339.4 0.80 15 300 9748 -32.8 -37.6 62 4.8 -33.4 195 18 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.1 0.50 16 250 11008 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.5 -41.9 194 25 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12476 -55.0 -58.8 62 3.9 -55.1 203 23 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14260 -65.2 -73.5 31 8.3 -65.3 167 15 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 99 16 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.97 m Freezing level: 579.55 mb = 4787.75 m = 15707.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.14 mb = 4066.93 m = 13342.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.18 mb = 1127.42 m = 3698.83 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 31.31 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.65 mb = 1210.26 m = 3970.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.84 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.76 C K Index: 40.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3216.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.94 mb = 1158.73 m = 3801.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.94 mb = 1305.48 m = 4283.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.94 mb = 14677.11 m = 48152.67 ft B at Equ Level: 3162.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 5.8 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 19.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 118.55 Bulk Shear: 27.13 m/s