MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 21.35,-89.02 Latitude: 21.35 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 2 24.8 23.6 93 1.2 23.9 104 2 296.6 299.9 296.5 349.6 18.34 1 1000 143 25.9 22.9 83 3.1 23.7 98 8 299.1 302.3 296.8 351.1 17.82 2 950 596 24.1 19.9 77 4.3 21.1 109 14 301.7 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.53 3 900 1069 21.5 16.6 74 4.9 18.1 110 14 303.6 306.1 295.1 343.2 13.31 4 850 1563 19.1 13.4 69 5.7 15.3 109 11 306.1 308.3 294.4 340.4 11.40 5 800 2082 16.1 10.6 70 5.4 12.6 117 11 308.3 310.2 294.0 338.9 10.11 6 750 2628 12.8 6.7 66 6.1 9.1 131 11 310.5 312.1 293.3 335.8 8.24 7 700 3204 9.0 4.4 73 4.6 6.3 148 7 312.5 313.9 293.3 335.9 7.53 8 650 3814 5.1 1.9 80 3.2 3.4 180 8 314.7 316.0 293.3 336.1 6.79 9 600 4464 1.6 -2.5 74 4.1 -0.5 160 7 318.0 319.0 293.0 335.0 5.32 10 550 5161 -1.8 -6.4 71 4.6 -4.0 114 8 321.9 322.7 293.3 336.0 4.30 11 500 5914 -6.3 -10.6 71 4.3 -8.1 73 7 325.4 326.1 293.5 336.8 3.41 12 450 6729 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -14.0 75 7 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.4 1.85 13 400 7623 -17.2 -25.0 51 7.8 -19.3 85 6 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.2 1.26 14 350 8612 -22.8 -34.4 34 11.6 -25.0 334 3 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.2 0.59 15 300 9723 -31.2 -38.4 49 7.2 -32.2 341 4 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.2 0.46 16 250 10989 -40.9 -47.0 52 6.1 -41.4 19 6 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.2 0.22 17 200 12466 -52.9 -59.0 47 6.1 -53.1 66 9 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.07 18 150 14259 -67.1 -73.2 42 6.1 -67.2 187 2 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16652 -74.6 -84.4 21 9.8 -74.6 58 13 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.91 m Freezing level: 576.90 mb = 4786.01 m = 15701.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.56 mb = 4375.75 m = 14355.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.40 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.01 mb = 151.56 m = 497.23 ft T: 25.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.24 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1637.97 m = 5373.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.18 mb = 922.47 m = 3026.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.18 mb = 2738.16 m = 8983.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.18 mb = 11829.37 m = 38809.81 ft B at Equ Level: 729.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.18 mb = 15567.09 m = 51072.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 153.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 505.65 Bulk Shear: 1.44 m/s