MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 31.06,-71.05 Latitude: 31.06 Longitude: -71.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 28.1 24.8 82 3.4 25.6 233 20 300.1 303.7 298.3 358.1 19.76 1 1000 124 26.6 23.0 81 3.6 24.0 233 23 299.8 303.1 297.2 352.5 18.00 2 950 576 22.7 20.1 85 2.6 20.9 234 25 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.5 15.78 3 900 1047 20.6 16.5 77 4.1 17.8 243 26 302.7 305.1 294.7 341.8 13.21 4 850 1539 18.0 14.1 78 3.9 15.4 246 25 305.0 307.3 294.6 341.0 12.02 5 800 2057 15.3 11.6 79 3.7 12.9 248 24 307.4 309.4 294.3 340.0 10.78 6 750 2602 12.4 8.8 79 3.6 10.1 249 22 310.0 311.8 294.1 339.0 9.50 7 700 3178 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 6.9 251 18 312.6 314.1 293.7 337.7 8.10 8 650 3789 5.6 1.2 73 4.5 3.2 262 12 315.3 316.6 293.2 335.6 6.42 9 600 4441 2.6 -1.1 77 3.7 0.7 306 8 319.2 320.3 293.9 338.1 5.91 10 550 5141 -0.8 -3.0 85 2.2 -1.9 335 10 323.2 324.3 294.7 341.4 5.59 11 500 5898 -4.2 -5.2 93 0.9 -4.7 328 7 327.9 328.9 295.6 345.3 5.22 12 450 6721 -9.3 -11.4 85 2.0 -10.2 342 4 331.5 332.2 295.2 343.7 3.57 13 400 7624 -14.2 -18.4 71 4.1 -15.7 321 3 336.5 336.9 295.4 344.5 2.25 14 350 8624 -20.5 -28.0 51 7.5 -22.4 296 5 341.1 341.4 295.6 345.2 1.09 15 300 9746 -29.1 -37.5 44 8.4 -30.4 263 5 344.3 344.4 295.8 346.3 0.50 16 250 11019 -40.3 -46.5 52 6.1 -40.8 241 6 346.1 346.2 296.0 347.1 0.24 17 200 12496 -52.7 -58.1 52 5.4 -52.8 53 7 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14294 -66.9 -74.5 33 7.6 -67.0 61 15 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16709 -70.0 -83.7 12 13.6 -70.1 71 10 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.78 m Freezing level: 561.38 mb = 4981.42 m = 16343.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.12 mb = 4615.27 m = 15141.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.48 mb = 424.60 m = 1393.04 ft T: 24.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1256.90 m = 4123.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.28 mb = 843.50 m = 2767.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.28 mb = 2203.22 m = 7228.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.28 mb = 8490.87 m = 27856.85 ft B at Equ Level: 223.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.28 mb = 14443.64 m = 47386.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -7.0 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 18.98 Bulk Shear: 12.64 m/s