MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 29.4 24.3 74 5.0 25.6 26 10 301.4 304.9 298.4 358.2 19.27 1 1000 126 28.4 23.9 77 4.5 25.1 30 16 301.5 305.0 298.2 357.7 19.02 2 950 582 25.1 19.9 73 5.1 21.4 44 24 302.6 305.5 296.4 348.9 15.62 3 900 1057 22.9 17.9 73 5.1 19.4 56 18 305.1 307.8 296.3 348.3 14.46 4 850 1553 19.2 16.3 83 2.9 17.2 71 13 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.8 13.83 5 800 2072 16.0 9.5 65 6.5 11.9 72 13 308.2 310.0 293.4 336.6 9.34 6 750 2618 13.9 -1.7 34 15.5 5.8 64 17 311.6 312.5 290.5 325.8 4.52 7 700 3196 10.3 -5.6 32 15.9 2.6 61 17 313.9 314.6 290.4 325.4 3.59 8 650 3807 6.2 -7.9 36 14.0 -0.3 57 16 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.5 3.25 9 600 4458 2.2 -11.3 36 13.6 -3.5 51 14 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.6 2.67 10 550 5155 -1.2 -21.3 20 20.1 -7.9 58 9 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.0 1.27 11 500 5909 -4.9 -27.0 16 22.1 -11.2 82 9 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.0 0.84 12 450 6728 -10.0 -24.9 29 14.8 -14.3 109 10 330.6 330.8 293.0 334.7 1.13 13 400 7626 -16.0 -35.0 18 19.1 -19.8 117 10 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.49 14 350 8617 -22.6 -44.3 12 21.6 -25.6 106 11 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.21 15 300 9730 -30.6 -49.6 14 19.0 -32.4 97 20 342.2 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.14 16 250 10999 -40.6 -60.5 10 20.0 -41.5 91 29 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 17 200 12475 -52.9 -65.0 22 12.1 -53.2 105 26 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14268 -66.5 -76.1 25 9.6 -66.6 108 14 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16666 -74.0 -85.4 16 11.4 -74.0 52 15 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.47 m Freezing level: 567.71 mb = 4908.01 m = 16102.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.76 mb = 3746.99 m = 12293.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.95 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.48 mb = 652.15 m = 2139.56 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 32.84 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1537.26 m = 5043.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 24.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.08 mb = 1085.38 m = 3560.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.08 mb = 2156.61 m = 7075.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.08 mb = 2264.08 m = 7428.01 ft B at Equ Level: 11.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.0 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 88.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.0 neg: -2.1 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 164.60 Bulk Shear: 6.75 m/s