MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1010 9 35.8 21.7 44 14.0 25.4 42 6 308.0 311.1 298.2 357.7 16.41 1 1000 102 33.8 21.1 48 12.6 24.6 46 6 306.9 309.9 297.7 355.1 15.99 2 950 564 29.2 20.2 59 8.9 22.7 61 6 306.8 309.8 297.6 354.7 15.92 3 900 1043 24.6 19.3 72 5.3 20.8 83 6 306.9 309.8 297.6 354.5 15.82 4 850 1542 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 93 7 306.8 309.7 297.5 353.9 15.65 5 800 2062 15.4 14.8 96 0.6 15.0 119 8 307.6 310.1 296.2 348.0 13.38 6 750 2606 11.6 8.6 82 3.0 9.7 126 8 309.2 310.9 293.7 337.8 9.38 7 700 3180 9.1 0.5 55 8.5 4.5 127 8 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.4 5.69 8 650 3791 5.8 -7.2 39 13.0 -0.2 113 10 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.6 3.42 9 600 4440 2.0 -12.1 34 14.1 -3.8 112 11 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.51 10 550 5137 -1.5 -22.9 18 21.4 -8.4 117 10 322.2 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.10 11 500 5890 -5.5 -33.5 9 27.9 -12.2 137 10 326.3 326.4 291.1 328.0 0.45 12 450 6707 -10.5 -38.9 8 28.4 -16.2 157 12 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.29 13 400 7602 -16.9 -35.7 18 18.8 -20.6 168 14 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.45 14 350 8588 -24.3 -35.8 33 11.6 -26.2 168 11 336.1 336.2 293.8 338.0 0.51 15 300 9695 -32.0 -40.8 42 8.7 -33.1 199 12 340.2 340.3 294.7 341.7 0.36 16 250 10957 -41.7 -51.0 36 9.3 -42.3 199 16 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.14 17 200 12427 -54.0 -61.2 41 7.2 -54.1 192 15 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14221 -65.4 -73.9 30 8.5 -65.4 173 7 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16649 -71.8 -88.5 7 16.7 -71.9 112 11 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.84 m Freezing level: 571.98 mb = 4830.88 m = 15849.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.29 mb = 3761.90 m = 12342.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.30 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.12 mb = 1786.07 m = 5859.74 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 31.08 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.74 mb = 1727.90 m = 5668.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.67 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2080.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.96 mb = 1705.06 m = 5593.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.96 mb = 1756.65 m = 5763.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.96 mb = 13859.24 m = 45469.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2073.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 111.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 141.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 268.76 Bulk Shear: 7.74 m/s