MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 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 1013 10 26.2 24.4 89 1.9 24.9 31 5 298.3 301.8 297.6 354.5 19.29 1 1000 122 26.5 24.3 88 2.2 24.9 38 11 299.7 303.2 298.1 356.8 19.49 2 950 579 27.3 21.4 70 6.0 23.0 88 19 304.9 308.1 297.9 356.0 17.11 3 900 1056 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 19.9 105 13 306.4 309.2 296.8 350.8 14.77 4 850 1554 19.7 16.9 84 2.7 17.8 118 13 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.1 14.42 5 800 2074 15.6 13.2 86 2.4 14.0 133 10 307.8 310.0 295.3 344.1 12.01 6 750 2619 12.3 4.0 57 8.3 7.5 138 9 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.0 6.83 7 700 3195 11.0 -7.0 28 18.0 2.5 115 13 314.7 315.3 290.3 325.1 3.24 8 650 3807 6.7 -12.0 25 18.8 -1.2 113 16 316.6 317.0 290.0 324.3 2.34 9 600 4459 2.7 -14.6 27 17.3 -4.1 120 16 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.1 2.05 10 550 5156 -1.5 -23.9 16 22.4 -8.4 124 15 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.01 11 500 5908 -5.6 -35.2 8 29.5 -12.4 116 11 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.38 12 450 6726 -10.5 -34.3 12 23.8 -15.8 137 9 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.46 13 400 7621 -16.6 -33.4 22 16.8 -20.1 166 11 333.4 333.6 293.2 335.6 0.57 14 350 8609 -24.0 -34.5 37 10.6 -25.9 176 13 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.7 0.59 15 300 9716 -32.1 -44.2 29 12.1 -33.4 194 14 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.25 16 250 10977 -42.2 -51.4 36 9.2 -42.7 194 19 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12446 -53.5 -64.2 26 10.7 -53.8 214 22 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14242 -64.7 -76.5 18 11.8 -64.8 177 10 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16675 -71.6 -88.2 7 16.7 -71.6 102 13 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.53 m Freezing level: 567.62 mb = 4910.39 m = 16110.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.86 mb = 3608.06 m = 11837.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.02 mb = 247.19 m = 810.98 ft T: 26.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 32.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.76 mb = 1495.21 m = 4905.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 24.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2079.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.95 mb = 1046.99 m = 3434.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.95 mb = 1800.23 m = 5906.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.95 mb = 13999.04 m = 45928.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2058.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.7 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 143.7 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 91.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 109.04 Bulk Shear: 19.07 m/s