MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.9 24.5 92 1.4 24.9 102 5 297.9 301.5 297.6 354.5 19.46 1 1000 126 27.4 24.0 81 3.5 24.9 109 13 300.6 304.0 298.0 356.6 19.05 2 950 583 25.4 20.6 75 4.8 21.9 129 23 303.0 306.0 296.9 351.2 16.27 3 900 1057 23.1 18.5 76 4.5 19.9 119 14 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.4 15.10 4 850 1554 19.2 15.7 80 3.6 16.8 114 10 306.3 308.8 295.8 346.2 13.30 5 800 2073 15.9 8.1 60 7.8 11.2 106 7 308.1 309.7 292.8 334.1 8.52 6 750 2618 13.9 -5.1 26 19.0 4.6 131 14 311.7 312.4 289.6 322.8 3.49 7 700 3196 9.8 -2.1 43 12.0 3.7 131 18 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.2 4.68 8 650 3807 6.5 -14.7 20 21.2 -1.9 127 17 316.3 316.7 289.5 322.6 1.88 9 600 4458 2.6 -16.3 23 18.9 -4.6 127 17 319.1 319.4 290.3 325.1 1.78 10 550 5155 -1.6 -19.6 24 17.9 -7.8 124 18 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.2 1.47 11 500 5906 -6.4 -30.3 13 23.9 -12.5 127 16 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.61 12 450 6722 -11.1 -35.5 11 24.4 -16.3 120 9 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.8 0.41 13 400 7616 -16.8 -37.1 15 20.3 -20.5 165 8 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.40 14 350 8603 -24.0 -34.3 38 10.3 -25.9 192 11 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.6 0.60 15 300 9710 -31.9 -43.5 31 11.6 -33.2 209 14 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.5 0.27 16 250 10972 -41.8 -53.2 28 11.4 -42.5 221 23 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.11 17 200 12443 -53.7 -64.1 27 10.4 -53.9 218 25 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.03 18 150 14232 -66.7 -73.7 36 7.0 -66.8 207 12 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16647 -71.6 -87.8 7 16.2 -71.6 135 9 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.79 m Freezing level: 569.51 mb = 4883.03 m = 16020.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.19 mb = 3591.64 m = 11783.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.87 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.45 mb = 184.84 m = 606.43 ft T: 27.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 33.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.13 mb = 1481.29 m = 4859.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.17 C = 93.50 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1640.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.93 mb = 990.00 m = 3248.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.93 mb = 1946.15 m = 6384.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.93 mb = 13755.83 m = 45130.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1635.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.7 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 154.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -35.4 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 4002.81 Bulk Shear: 0.41 m/s