MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 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 24.8 24.1 96 0.6 24.3 120 3 296.8 300.2 297.0 351.8 19.00 1 1000 124 25.5 23.2 87 2.3 23.9 132 10 298.6 301.9 297.0 351.7 18.21 2 950 577 23.1 19.4 80 3.7 20.5 139 18 300.6 303.4 295.5 344.9 15.08 3 900 1048 21.0 16.1 74 4.9 17.7 124 17 303.1 305.5 294.7 341.4 12.91 4 850 1541 18.3 13.1 72 5.2 14.8 115 14 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.8 11.20 5 800 2058 15.4 10.4 72 5.0 12.3 110 12 307.6 309.4 293.7 337.8 9.97 6 750 2604 12.7 7.0 68 5.7 9.2 118 12 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.2 8.42 7 700 3180 9.5 3.1 64 6.4 5.8 108 11 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.3 6.85 8 650 3792 6.1 -0.0 65 6.2 2.8 96 12 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.6 5.89 9 600 4443 2.2 -5.6 56 7.8 -1.6 94 11 318.7 319.5 292.3 332.3 4.19 10 550 5142 -0.5 -16.8 28 16.3 -6.6 89 11 323.5 323.8 291.7 329.8 1.86 11 500 5898 -4.4 -19.1 31 14.7 -9.6 97 10 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.6 1.69 12 450 6719 -10.0 -19.0 47 9.1 -13.0 95 11 330.7 331.1 293.7 337.3 1.89 13 400 7615 -16.5 -22.0 63 5.5 -18.2 90 15 333.5 333.8 294.1 339.3 1.64 14 350 8606 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.6 79 14 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.8 1.37 15 300 9718 -30.9 -34.1 73 3.2 -31.5 94 9 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.71 16 250 10984 -41.8 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 251 14 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12449 -54.8 -61.3 44 6.5 -54.9 296 17 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.05 18 150 14230 -66.7 -75.3 29 8.6 -66.7 10 15 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16624 -73.5 -80.9 32 7.3 -73.6 52 12 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.57 m Freezing level: 559.44 mb = 5009.96 m = 16436.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.02 mb = 4202.37 m = 13787.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.42 mb = 85.85 m = 281.66 ft T: 25.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.41 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1463.81 m = 4802.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.28 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.26 mb = 863.20 m = 2831.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.26 mb = 2895.40 m = 9499.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.26 mb = 12629.16 m = 41433.74 ft B at Equ Level: 387.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.26 mb = 14884.77 m = 48833.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.8 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 139.8 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -21.7 tot: -14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 101.57 Bulk Shear: 3.84 m/s