MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 9 29.2 25.2 79 4.1 26.2 73 5 301.1 304.8 298.8 360.7 20.20 1 1000 145 26.4 24.4 89 2.0 24.9 74 5 299.5 303.1 298.1 357.0 19.60 2 950 599 23.6 19.5 78 4.1 20.7 96 12 301.2 303.9 295.7 345.8 15.19 3 900 1070 20.5 16.2 76 4.4 17.6 105 12 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.0 12.95 4 850 1562 17.6 12.2 70 5.4 14.1 113 14 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.2 10.56 5 800 2079 15.6 9.2 66 6.3 11.6 104 16 307.7 309.5 293.2 335.6 9.18 6 750 2625 13.9 0.8 41 13.2 6.7 103 17 311.7 312.7 291.3 328.6 5.40 7 700 3202 10.0 -2.5 41 12.5 3.6 102 15 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.0 4.56 8 650 3813 6.2 -6.1 41 12.3 0.3 102 15 316.0 316.7 291.1 328.0 3.72 9 600 4464 2.7 -12.8 31 15.4 -3.7 97 14 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.38 10 550 5163 -1.0 -14.3 36 13.3 -6.2 91 13 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.30 11 500 5918 -4.9 -22.9 23 17.9 -10.6 85 13 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.3 1.22 12 450 6736 -10.4 -23.1 35 12.7 -14.3 97 13 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.32 13 400 7632 -16.3 -29.1 32 12.8 -19.4 107 18 333.8 333.9 293.6 336.9 0.86 14 350 8622 -23.2 -38.8 23 15.6 -25.7 104 19 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.9 0.38 15 300 9733 -31.3 -45.5 23 14.2 -32.8 102 17 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.22 16 250 10997 -41.3 -55.9 19 14.6 -42.1 80 8 344.6 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.08 17 200 12469 -53.9 -62.2 36 8.3 -54.1 301 4 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14253 -68.0 -73.7 44 5.7 -68.0 29 13 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16645 -72.7 -85.2 13 12.6 -72.7 68 19 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.63 m Freezing level: 563.41 mb = 4975.58 m = 16323.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.08 mb = 3862.74 m = 12672.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.75 mb = 527.00 m = 1728.99 ft T: 24.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 33.55 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1167.50 m = 3830.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.13 C K Index: 22.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.39 mb = 884.11 m = 2900.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.39 mb = 1517.42 m = 4978.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 804.39 mb = 2031.87 m = 6666.16 ft B at Equ Level: 9.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.39 mb = 2687.79 m = 8818.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.3 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 129.3 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 136.57 Bulk Shear: 6.44 m/s