MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 20.95,-88.94 Latitude: 20.95 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 21 27.8 20.6 65 7.2 22.7 116 4 299.5 302.3 295.2 343.8 15.16 1 1000 167 27.1 20.5 67 6.6 22.4 122 12 300.3 303.1 295.6 345.3 15.36 2 950 621 24.8 14.5 53 10.3 17.9 125 18 302.3 304.3 293.0 334.9 11.00 3 900 1093 22.5 10.5 47 12.0 14.9 100 15 304.7 306.3 292.0 331.3 8.87 4 850 1588 19.7 8.6 49 11.1 12.9 79 12 306.8 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.29 5 800 2107 17.3 -2.2 26 19.5 7.2 84 12 309.6 310.3 289.5 322.3 4.06 6 750 2653 13.3 -4.3 29 17.6 4.6 79 10 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.70 7 700 3228 9.1 -1.3 48 10.4 3.7 71 13 312.5 313.5 291.2 328.2 4.97 8 650 3837 4.7 -0.9 67 5.6 1.8 58 12 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.53 9 600 4486 0.8 -4.4 68 5.2 -1.7 67 11 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.9 4.62 10 550 5180 -2.7 -10.9 53 8.2 -6.2 78 12 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.9 3.02 11 500 5930 -6.9 -14.6 54 7.7 -9.8 79 13 324.6 325.1 292.5 333.0 2.46 12 450 6743 -11.9 -21.3 45 9.4 -14.8 79 11 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.55 13 400 7636 -17.0 -41.1 10 24.1 -21.0 73 8 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.9 0.26 14 350 8623 -24.5 -43.1 16 18.6 -27.0 61 8 335.7 335.7 293.5 336.6 0.24 15 300 9728 -32.4 -47.8 20 15.4 -33.9 59 11 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.17 16 250 10985 -42.5 -53.8 28 11.3 -43.1 40 13 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.10 17 200 12453 -54.1 -58.4 60 4.2 -54.2 1 19 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.07 18 150 14236 -67.0 -74.1 36 7.1 -67.0 33 9 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16652 -69.9 -87.9 5 18.0 -69.9 92 11 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.76 m Freezing level: 588.39 mb = 4646.73 m = 15245.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.72 mb = 4158.66 m = 13643.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.27 % Est. max temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.41 mb = 944.85 m = 3099.87 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2740.33 m = 8990.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.60 C = 103.28 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 15.53 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 333.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.27 mb = 1595.19 m = 5233.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.27 mb = 4562.17 m = 14967.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 584.27 mb = 4697.59 m = 15411.84 ft B at Equ Level: 14.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 494.27 mb = 6018.87 m = 19746.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 113.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -28.4 tot: -26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s