MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 18.92,-69.41 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -69.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 160 26.2 25.3 95 0.9 25.5 55 3 299.3 303.0 298.7 359.7 20.64 1 1000 167 25.8 25.3 97 0.5 25.4 41 2 298.9 302.7 298.5 359.3 20.67 2 950 619 23.2 23.0 99 0.2 23.0 91 9 300.7 304.2 298.0 356.4 18.91 3 900 1090 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 92 10 302.0 304.7 295.9 346.6 15.14 4 850 1581 17.5 10.9 65 6.6 13.3 101 16 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.5 9.70 5 800 2100 17.5 1.6 34 15.9 8.7 94 15 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.5 5.37 6 750 2647 13.6 -2.8 32 16.4 5.2 83 13 311.3 312.1 290.1 324.4 4.14 7 700 3222 9.0 -5.0 37 14.0 2.2 73 12 312.4 313.1 290.1 324.4 3.76 8 650 3830 4.3 -4.8 51 9.2 -0.1 61 13 313.9 314.7 290.8 326.9 4.10 9 600 4476 -0.2 -5.2 69 5.0 -2.6 49 14 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.8 4.32 10 550 5168 -4.1 -9.4 67 5.2 -6.4 59 15 319.2 319.8 291.8 330.4 3.42 11 500 5915 -6.7 -21.6 30 14.9 -11.4 96 14 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.6 1.36 12 450 6730 -10.9 -32.6 15 21.7 -15.9 90 13 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.5 0.55 13 400 7625 -16.9 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.3 72 17 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.13 14 350 8612 -24.1 -29.4 62 5.3 -25.2 61 22 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.8 0.96 15 300 9718 -32.2 -45.8 25 13.6 -33.6 61 28 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.21 16 250 10975 -43.2 -49.0 52 5.8 -43.6 54 29 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.6 0.18 17 200 12435 -55.2 -65.7 26 10.5 -55.4 48 29 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14223 -65.2 -73.6 30 8.4 -65.3 125 8 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -72.5 -89.3 6 16.9 -72.5 59 17 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.68 m Freezing level: 602.14 mb = 4448.39 m = 14594.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.13 mb = 3803.53 m = 12478.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.89 mb = 274.32 m = 899.98 ft T: 25.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 35.37 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.91 mb = 739.65 m = 2426.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.64 C K Index: 21.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2388.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 676.18 m = 2218.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.77 mb = 815.74 m = 2676.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.77 mb = 2006.60 m = 6583.25 ft B at Equ Level: 41.90 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.9 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 106.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -10.4 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 357.83 Bulk Shear: 6.67 m/s