MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 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 1015 10 24.9 24.7 99 0.2 24.8 29 2 296.8 300.3 297.4 353.7 19.66 1 1000 141 26.2 23.5 85 2.7 24.3 87 7 299.4 302.8 297.4 353.7 18.57 2 950 594 24.6 17.1 63 7.5 19.5 108 9 302.2 304.6 294.5 340.6 13.02 3 900 1067 22.3 15.3 65 7.0 17.5 103 13 304.4 306.7 294.6 340.9 12.24 4 850 1562 19.4 11.4 60 7.9 14.3 84 11 306.4 308.3 293.5 336.6 10.03 5 800 2080 16.2 7.9 58 8.4 11.1 78 11 308.4 310.0 292.8 334.0 8.37 6 750 2626 12.9 5.9 62 7.0 8.7 79 11 310.6 312.0 292.9 334.5 7.78 7 700 3203 9.5 2.0 59 7.5 5.3 80 12 313.0 314.2 292.5 332.8 6.33 8 650 3814 5.5 -0.2 67 5.6 2.4 82 12 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.5 5.82 9 600 4463 1.6 -4.3 65 5.9 -1.3 80 11 317.9 318.8 292.5 332.8 4.63 10 550 5159 -2.1 -9.4 57 7.3 -5.4 69 11 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.8 3.40 11 500 5911 -6.1 -15.3 48 9.3 -9.6 68 14 325.6 326.1 292.7 333.5 2.32 12 450 6728 -11.1 -16.8 63 5.6 -13.2 72 15 329.2 329.7 293.6 337.1 2.29 13 400 7622 -16.9 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.3 66 13 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.13 14 350 8610 -23.6 -34.5 36 10.8 -25.6 42 8 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.1 0.59 15 300 9719 -31.4 -45.1 25 13.7 -32.9 46 10 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.23 16 250 10986 -40.7 -57.4 15 16.8 -41.5 30 10 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 17 200 12460 -53.7 -61.5 38 7.7 -53.9 350 11 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14246 -68.1 -72.8 51 4.7 -68.1 17 13 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 19 100 16641 -72.9 -86.3 11 13.4 -72.9 80 16 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.45 m Freezing level: 578.96 mb = 4756.09 m = 15603.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.71 mb = 4227.15 m = 13868.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.32 % Est. max temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1012.96 mb = 27.89 m = 91.52 ft T: 25.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1951.90 m = 6403.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.11 C = 97.00 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 29.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.20 mb = 1122.65 m = 3683.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.20 mb = 3330.81 m = 10927.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.20 mb = 10471.62 m = 34355.30 ft B at Equ Level: 402.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.20 mb = 14687.64 m = 48187.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 111.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -7.4 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 120.84 Bulk Shear: 3.35 m/s