MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1015 10 25.9 23.5 86 2.4 24.1 120 2 297.8 301.1 296.8 350.6 18.19 1 1000 142 25.2 22.8 87 2.4 23.5 114 3 298.3 301.5 296.6 350.0 17.75 2 950 595 23.7 20.9 84 2.8 21.7 102 13 301.3 304.3 296.7 350.2 16.60 3 900 1067 21.8 16.4 72 5.4 18.1 109 17 303.9 306.4 295.0 343.0 13.15 4 850 1561 19.0 12.9 67 6.2 15.0 103 18 306.1 308.1 294.1 339.2 11.04 5 800 2080 16.0 9.0 63 6.9 11.6 103 18 308.2 309.9 293.3 335.7 9.07 6 750 2626 13.2 5.2 58 8.0 8.5 101 19 310.9 312.3 292.7 333.9 7.44 7 700 3203 10.1 1.5 55 8.5 5.3 94 20 313.6 314.8 292.4 332.8 6.11 8 650 3815 6.0 -1.7 57 7.8 2.0 90 19 315.8 316.8 292.3 332.3 5.18 9 600 4465 1.6 -2.4 74 4.0 -0.4 85 16 318.0 319.0 293.1 335.1 5.34 10 550 5163 -1.4 -12.6 42 11.1 -6.0 76 14 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.3 2.65 11 500 5916 -5.4 -21.1 28 15.7 -10.6 64 13 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.42 12 450 6734 -10.5 -23.5 34 13.0 -14.4 57 10 330.0 330.3 293.0 334.6 1.28 13 400 7630 -17.0 -26.3 44 9.4 -19.4 53 9 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.0 1.11 14 350 8617 -23.5 -27.0 72 3.6 -24.3 65 14 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.5 1.19 15 300 9730 -30.6 -33.5 76 2.9 -31.1 113 11 342.3 342.4 295.6 345.2 0.76 16 250 10999 -40.7 -44.1 70 3.3 -41.1 109 7 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.31 17 200 12471 -54.3 -58.6 59 4.3 -54.4 116 7 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14254 -67.5 -71.9 54 4.4 -67.5 265 8 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16645 -74.6 -85.0 18 10.4 -74.6 60 18 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.07 m Freezing level: 573.32 mb = 4837.39 m = 15870.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.34 mb = 4339.79 m = 14238.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.22 mb = 318.20 m = 1043.93 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.88 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1521.70 m = 4992.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.34 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 805.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.17 mb = 835.47 m = 2741.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.17 mb = 2861.50 m = 9388.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.17 mb = 13152.56 m = 43150.92 ft B at Equ Level: 799.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.17 mb = 16127.43 m = 52910.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 93.1 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 123.1 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -5.1 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 55.45 Bulk Shear: 14.52 m/s