MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-99.02 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 68 1 950 520 2 900 1006 SFC 887 1133 28.7 14.6 42 14.1 19.0 55 1 312.4 314.7 296.4 349.0 11.88 4 850 1514 26.5 9.6 34 16.9 15.5 92 6 313.9 315.6 294.7 341.4 8.83 5 800 2044 21.8 8.0 41 13.8 13.1 104 10 314.4 316.0 294.5 340.7 8.43 6 750 2598 16.7 5.7 48 11.0 10.0 108 15 314.7 316.2 294.0 338.8 7.68 7 700 3180 11.1 4.7 65 6.4 7.3 107 17 314.7 316.2 294.0 338.8 7.67 8 650 3793 6.3 -0.3 63 6.6 2.8 85 19 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.4 5.78 9 600 4445 2.2 -7.9 47 10.1 -2.4 77 18 318.7 319.3 291.7 330.1 3.51 10 550 5142 -1.8 -11.0 49 9.2 -5.7 87 17 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.0 3.00 11 500 5894 -5.6 -18.2 36 12.7 -10.1 103 18 326.2 326.6 292.4 332.5 1.82 12 450 6713 -10.6 -23.4 34 12.8 -14.4 107 16 329.9 330.2 292.9 334.5 1.29 13 400 7606 -17.2 -26.5 44 9.4 -19.6 119 18 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.7 1.09 14 350 8595 -23.0 -35.9 30 12.9 -25.3 135 13 337.7 337.8 294.2 339.7 0.51 15 300 9709 -30.5 -42.0 32 11.5 -32.0 169 14 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.6 0.32 16 250 10975 -41.5 -55.8 20 14.3 -42.2 177 27 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.08 17 200 12444 -54.2 -59.1 55 4.9 -54.4 163 41 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14230 -66.5 -75.6 27 9.0 -66.6 142 13 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16641 -73.8 -86.0 14 12.1 -73.9 98 17 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.01 m Freezing level: 572.34 mb = 4830.45 m = 15847.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.41 mb = 4133.41 m = 13560.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.19 mb = 2917.04 m = 9570.22 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.21 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.83 mb = 3808.08 m = 12493.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.07 C Cross Totals Index: 15.13 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.61 mb = 3547.44 m = 11638.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.61 mb = 4653.00 m = 15265.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.61 mb = 5666.98 m = 18592.24 ft B at Equ Level: 12.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.61 mb = 8920.18 m = 29265.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 126.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -16.7 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 16.55 m/s