MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-70.04 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -70.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 76 27.9 24.1 80 3.8 25.1 28 3 300.3 303.8 298.0 356.2 19.05 1 1000 156 27.2 23.8 82 3.4 24.7 34 4 300.3 303.8 297.8 355.6 18.83 2 950 610 24.0 19.1 74 4.9 20.6 82 10 301.6 304.3 295.6 345.3 14.85 3 900 1082 20.5 16.5 78 4.0 17.8 78 13 302.7 305.1 294.8 341.8 13.24 4 850 1574 17.4 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 67 15 304.3 306.9 295.6 345.6 13.84 5 800 2090 15.2 6.6 56 8.6 10.0 77 15 307.4 308.8 291.9 330.6 7.65 6 750 2635 13.4 -0.8 37 14.3 5.9 98 15 311.2 312.1 290.6 326.2 4.80 7 700 3211 9.5 -5.2 35 14.7 2.4 104 15 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.8 3.71 8 650 3821 4.9 -8.3 38 13.2 -1.0 97 14 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.6 3.14 9 600 4467 0.3 -6.6 60 6.9 -2.9 79 16 316.4 317.2 291.4 329.0 3.89 10 550 5160 -3.7 -8.7 68 5.0 -5.9 69 17 319.7 320.4 292.1 331.5 3.59 11 500 5908 -6.7 -17.1 43 10.4 -10.4 60 19 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.7 2.00 12 450 6724 -10.6 -20.8 43 10.2 -13.9 53 18 329.9 330.2 293.2 335.6 1.62 13 400 7620 -16.1 -27.3 38 11.2 -19.0 48 17 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.02 14 350 8612 -22.5 -37.8 23 15.3 -25.1 43 16 338.5 338.5 294.3 340.1 0.42 15 300 9725 -31.3 -39.1 46 7.8 -32.4 43 15 341.2 341.3 295.0 342.9 0.43 16 250 10990 -41.4 -45.1 67 3.7 -41.8 35 19 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.27 17 200 12460 -53.9 -59.0 54 5.1 -54.1 31 27 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14240 -67.6 -72.1 52 4.6 -67.6 50 15 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16663 -71.2 -89.7 5 18.4 -71.3 94 9 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.57 m Freezing level: 596.52 mb = 4515.38 m = 14814.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.23 mb = 3630.22 m = 11910.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.53 mb = 558.95 m = 1833.79 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1333.80 m = 4375.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.17 mb = 1060.50 m = 3479.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.17 mb = 3009.07 m = 9872.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.17 mb = 12547.80 m = 41166.81 ft B at Equ Level: 759.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.17 mb = 15716.35 m = 51562.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.7 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 109.7 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 71.23 Bulk Shear: 10.67 m/s