MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 20.98,-89.65 Latitude: 20.98 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 9 35.6 22.1 46 13.5 25.6 102 5 307.7 310.8 298.4 358.4 16.79 1 1000 118 32.2 21.3 53 10.8 24.3 106 5 305.3 308.3 297.4 353.8 16.20 2 950 578 27.4 20.4 66 7.0 22.3 106 6 305.0 308.0 297.3 353.1 16.08 3 900 1054 22.8 19.2 80 3.5 20.2 106 6 305.0 307.9 297.1 352.0 15.75 4 850 1550 18.7 14.8 78 3.9 16.1 102 6 305.8 308.1 295.1 343.3 12.54 5 800 2068 15.4 10.9 75 4.5 12.5 124 4 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.7 10.29 6 750 2612 11.8 7.0 73 4.8 8.9 125 5 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.1 8.42 7 700 3187 9.6 2.4 61 7.1 5.5 82 4 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.5 6.53 8 650 3798 5.7 -2.3 57 7.9 1.5 97 8 315.4 316.3 292.0 331.2 4.98 9 600 4448 2.1 -11.8 35 14.0 -3.7 109 10 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.1 2.58 10 550 5145 -1.6 -19.8 23 18.2 -7.9 123 10 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.1 1.44 11 500 5897 -5.9 -31.6 11 25.7 -12.3 140 11 325.8 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.54 12 450 6713 -11.3 -29.3 21 18.0 -15.8 150 12 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.75 13 400 7606 -17.4 -27.9 40 10.5 -20.0 156 11 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.96 14 350 8590 -24.6 -32.2 49 7.6 -26.0 163 9 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.4 0.73 15 300 9695 -32.5 -39.5 50 7.0 -33.4 190 12 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.1 0.41 16 250 10955 -41.8 -53.0 28 11.3 -42.4 206 13 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.5 0.11 17 200 12426 -53.8 -62.3 35 8.5 -54.0 196 15 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14221 -65.7 -73.1 35 7.4 -65.7 170 7 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16652 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 102 10 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.24 m Freezing level: 571.77 mb = 4841.72 m = 15884.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.20 mb = 3985.21 m = 13074.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.51 mb = 1706.87 m = 5599.91 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 31.32 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1561.41 m = 5122.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1855.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.69 mb = 1491.85 m = 4894.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.69 mb = 1643.80 m = 5392.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.69 mb = 13791.98 m = 45248.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1840.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.5 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 143.5 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -1.7 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3718.52 Bulk Shear: 0.50 m/s