MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 21.01,-89.33 Latitude: 21.01 Longitude: -89.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 10 25.3 24.9 98 0.4 25.0 48 2 297.3 300.9 297.7 355.0 19.91 1 1000 133 25.5 24.8 96 0.7 25.0 55 6 298.6 302.3 298.1 357.0 20.02 2 950 586 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.1 108 15 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.5 15.69 3 900 1058 21.0 14.6 67 6.4 16.8 110 14 303.2 305.3 293.8 337.9 11.71 4 850 1550 17.9 11.5 66 6.4 13.8 100 15 304.9 306.8 293.1 335.0 10.07 5 800 2068 16.8 4.0 43 12.8 9.4 98 15 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.7 6.38 6 750 2615 13.6 4.1 52 9.6 8.1 99 17 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.6 6.84 7 700 3192 10.2 -2.4 41 12.7 3.7 95 17 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.3 4.57 8 650 3804 6.2 -6.9 39 13.0 0.1 94 15 316.0 316.6 290.9 327.3 3.52 9 600 4454 2.3 -9.8 40 12.1 -3.0 91 14 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 3.03 10 550 5152 -1.2 -12.5 42 11.3 -5.9 87 15 322.6 323.1 292.1 331.5 2.65 11 500 5906 -5.6 -16.6 41 11.0 -9.6 81 13 326.2 326.7 292.6 333.4 2.09 12 450 6724 -10.7 -22.3 38 11.6 -14.3 80 11 329.7 330.0 293.0 334.8 1.42 13 400 7619 -16.7 -27.0 40 10.3 -19.3 92 12 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.1 1.05 14 350 8608 -23.4 -29.3 58 5.9 -24.7 115 14 337.2 337.4 294.5 340.7 0.96 15 300 9718 -31.3 -36.3 62 4.9 -32.1 107 10 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.4 0.57 16 250 10984 -41.0 -53.6 25 12.6 -41.8 60 11 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 17 200 12456 -53.7 -59.3 50 5.6 -53.9 13 5 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14243 -67.7 -71.8 55 4.1 -67.7 270 9 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16628 -74.1 -85.1 17 11.0 -74.2 49 20 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.14 m Freezing level: 567.40 mb = 4909.52 m = 16107.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.74 mb = 3819.47 m = 12530.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1008.72 mb = 56.96 m = 186.88 ft T: 25.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 28.39 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.45 mb = 1237.12 m = 4058.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 891.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.38 mb = 815.20 m = 2674.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.38 mb = 3068.90 m = 10068.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.38 mb = 13097.22 m = 42969.37 ft B at Equ Level: 887.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.38 mb = 16047.24 m = 52647.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 124.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 150.09 Bulk Shear: 5.94 m/s