MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 23.98,-87.45 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 -1 29.5 26.3 83 3.3 27.1 119 14 300.9 304.9 299.5 364.4 21.51 1 1000 177 27.8 25.1 85 2.7 25.8 119 16 300.9 304.7 299.0 361.4 20.48 2 950 634 23.9 22.7 93 1.2 23.0 117 17 301.4 304.9 298.0 356.4 18.62 3 900 1106 20.8 17.4 81 3.4 18.4 115 15 303.0 305.5 295.4 344.4 14.00 4 850 1598 18.2 11.1 63 7.1 13.7 140 12 305.2 307.0 293.0 334.7 9.82 5 800 2117 16.8 7.1 53 9.7 10.9 145 11 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.4 7.95 6 750 2663 13.2 2.8 49 10.4 7.3 135 10 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.25 7 700 3239 9.4 2.0 60 7.4 5.2 128 8 312.9 314.1 292.4 332.6 6.33 8 650 3850 5.5 -0.9 63 6.4 2.1 114 9 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.7 5.52 9 600 4500 1.3 -4.1 67 5.4 -1.4 111 9 317.6 318.5 292.4 332.7 4.71 10 550 5194 -2.6 -10.4 55 7.8 -6.0 138 8 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.3 3.14 11 500 5945 -6.1 -22.8 26 16.6 -11.3 145 6 325.5 325.8 291.7 329.9 1.23 12 450 6761 -11.6 -26.7 27 15.1 -15.6 232 1 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.1 0.95 13 400 7655 -16.5 -38.5 13 22.0 -20.5 308 4 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.34 14 350 8642 -24.4 -36.0 33 11.7 -26.3 283 4 335.9 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.50 15 300 9749 -32.2 -47.7 20 15.5 -33.7 186 5 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.17 16 250 11008 -42.1 -56.4 20 14.2 -42.9 286 14 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.07 17 200 12474 -54.9 -62.0 41 7.1 -55.1 284 28 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14253 -67.3 -71.3 57 4.0 -67.3 148 6 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16679 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.4 -70.6 67 12 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.35 m Freezing level: 583.84 mb = 4724.21 m = 15499.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.72 mb = 4237.18 m = 13901.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.74 mb = 414.29 m = 1359.20 ft T: 25.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 34.09 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 789.55 m = 2590.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 17.27 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2914.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.59 mb = 711.52 m = 2334.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.59 mb = 851.66 m = 2794.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.59 mb = 14813.61 m = 48600.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2857.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 156.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -6.8 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 650.49 Bulk Shear: 4.48 m/s