MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1016 10 27.2 25.1 88 2.1 25.6 92 4 299.0 302.7 298.2 357.8 20.11 1 1000 147 26.9 24.7 88 2.2 25.3 90 9 300.0 303.7 298.4 358.6 19.96 2 950 602 23.8 23.0 95 0.8 23.3 95 20 301.4 304.8 298.2 357.4 18.99 3 900 1075 21.5 20.0 91 1.5 20.4 95 20 303.6 306.7 297.3 352.9 16.56 4 850 1569 18.4 14.3 77 4.1 15.7 92 16 305.4 307.7 294.7 341.8 12.14 5 800 2087 15.4 7.0 58 8.3 10.3 91 17 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.5 7.89 6 750 2631 12.7 2.4 49 10.4 6.9 86 21 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.2 6.06 7 700 3207 9.5 -2.5 43 12.0 3.4 74 20 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.4 4.56 8 650 3817 5.8 -7.3 38 13.1 -0.3 65 18 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.5 3.39 9 600 4467 2.0 -14.3 29 16.3 -4.4 58 17 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.4 2.10 10 550 5163 -1.4 -25.2 14 23.8 -8.6 53 14 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.6 0.90 11 500 5916 -5.3 -26.9 17 21.5 -11.5 45 11 326.5 326.7 291.6 329.6 0.85 12 450 6734 -10.5 -23.8 33 13.3 -14.4 39 7 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.5 1.25 13 400 7630 -16.3 -33.9 20 17.6 -20.0 46 4 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.8 0.55 14 350 8620 -23.0 -41.7 17 18.6 -25.8 68 5 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.28 15 300 9731 -30.9 -37.1 55 6.2 -31.9 80 13 341.8 341.9 295.3 343.8 0.53 16 250 11003 -39.6 -42.9 71 3.3 -40.0 110 18 347.1 347.2 296.3 348.5 0.35 17 200 12482 -53.3 -57.1 63 3.8 -53.4 127 19 348.3 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.08 18 150 14270 -67.6 -72.5 50 4.9 -67.7 166 13 353.6 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16667 -73.1 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.1 56 21 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.16 m Freezing level: 570.89 mb = 4872.32 m = 15985.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.76 mb = 3769.66 m = 12367.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.80 mb = 273.94 m = 898.76 ft T: 26.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 33.21 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.76 mb = 818.63 m = 2685.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2353.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.82 mb = 640.57 m = 2101.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.82 mb = 1163.57 m = 3817.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.82 mb = 14643.73 m = 48043.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2337.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.8 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 105.8 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -12.2 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 403.26 Bulk Shear: 5.84 m/s