MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.58,-80.86 Latitude: 28.58 Longitude: -80.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 29.0 25.7 82 3.3 26.5 127 6 300.9 304.7 299.2 362.4 20.86 1 1000 131 28.0 24.9 84 3.0 25.7 129 10 301.1 304.8 298.9 360.9 20.25 2 950 587 25.1 21.2 79 3.9 22.3 141 10 302.7 305.8 297.3 352.8 16.93 3 900 1061 21.7 19.8 89 1.9 20.4 161 4 303.9 306.9 297.2 352.6 16.36 4 850 1555 18.0 16.8 92 1.2 17.2 228 2 305.0 307.7 296.1 347.7 14.30 5 800 2073 15.0 14.2 95 0.8 14.4 234 3 307.2 309.5 295.7 345.8 12.81 6 750 2618 12.0 10.9 93 1.2 11.3 223 4 309.6 311.7 295.1 343.1 10.97 7 700 3195 9.6 6.5 81 3.1 7.7 254 5 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.2 8.71 8 650 3807 6.3 1.9 73 4.4 3.8 265 7 316.1 317.4 293.7 337.5 6.78 9 600 4460 2.4 -1.7 74 4.1 0.3 256 7 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.0 5.64 10 550 5158 -2.0 -5.1 79 3.1 -3.6 246 6 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.2 4.75 11 500 5910 -6.2 -8.5 84 2.3 -7.2 249 7 325.5 326.3 294.0 338.9 4.03 12 450 6728 -10.6 -11.5 93 1.0 -11.0 233 6 330.0 330.7 294.8 341.9 3.52 13 400 7626 -15.9 -17.0 91 1.1 -16.3 185 5 334.3 334.8 295.1 343.2 2.53 14 350 8619 -22.3 -25.9 73 3.6 -23.2 142 7 338.6 338.9 295.1 343.5 1.32 15 300 9734 -30.5 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.8 109 15 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.0 0.41 16 250 11003 -40.3 -47.3 47 7.1 -40.8 103 19 346.2 346.3 296.0 347.1 0.21 17 200 12482 -52.5 -59.7 42 7.2 -52.7 78 18 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.06 18 150 14277 -67.3 -72.8 46 5.5 -67.4 96 24 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 19 100 16692 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 87 18 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.08 m Freezing level: 572.72 mb = 4840.66 m = 15881.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4504.55 m = 14778.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.31 mb = 426.53 m = 1399.34 ft T: 26.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 25.41 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1106.16 m = 3629.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2019.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.14 mb = 876.49 m = 2875.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.14 mb = 1313.14 m = 4308.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.14 mb = 14514.52 m = 47619.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1998.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -2.0 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 113.84 Bulk Shear: 17.74 m/s