MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 23.96,-88.05 Latitude: 23.96 Longitude: -88.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 29.0 26.5 87 2.4 27.1 108 8 300.8 304.8 299.8 365.7 21.98 1 1000 139 27.6 25.9 90 1.7 26.3 108 9 300.7 304.6 299.4 363.9 21.42 2 950 595 24.3 21.2 83 3.1 22.1 110 13 301.8 305.0 297.0 351.9 16.96 3 900 1067 21.3 15.7 70 5.6 17.5 116 11 303.5 305.8 294.5 340.9 12.58 4 850 1561 19.1 10.4 57 8.7 13.6 99 7 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.3 9.34 5 800 2080 16.9 2.7 39 14.2 8.9 111 7 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.1 5.83 6 750 2627 14.1 -6.5 23 20.7 4.3 135 8 311.9 312.5 289.3 321.9 3.13 7 700 3203 10.1 -5.9 32 16.0 2.4 139 6 313.6 314.3 290.2 324.9 3.51 8 650 3815 6.1 -2.7 53 8.8 1.6 151 4 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.3 4.82 9 600 4466 2.1 -5.8 56 7.9 -1.7 161 2 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.0 4.14 10 550 5163 -1.8 -5.1 78 3.3 -3.4 337 1 321.9 322.8 293.7 337.5 4.76 11 500 5917 -4.9 -11.2 61 6.4 -7.6 321 4 327.1 327.8 293.9 338.1 3.24 12 450 6739 -9.7 -17.8 51 8.1 -12.6 294 6 331.1 331.5 293.9 338.4 2.10 13 400 7637 -16.0 -22.6 57 6.6 -18.0 277 8 334.2 334.5 294.3 339.7 1.55 14 350 8628 -23.2 -26.3 75 3.2 -23.9 264 7 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.1 1.27 15 300 9738 -31.4 -34.4 75 3.0 -31.9 122 7 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.8 0.69 16 250 11002 -41.8 -45.2 69 3.4 -42.1 114 8 343.9 343.9 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12470 -54.7 -58.8 60 4.1 -54.8 324 8 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14262 -65.1 -73.7 29 8.6 -65.2 23 10 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16664 -73.7 -84.8 17 11.1 -73.7 42 10 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.83 m Freezing level: 573.21 mb = 4839.25 m = 15876.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.59 mb = 4126.07 m = 13536.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.17 mb = 308.45 m = 1011.97 ft T: 26.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 43.74 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 1016.44 m = 3334.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: 4.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.24 C K Index: 18.34 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1987.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.26 mb = 797.58 m = 2616.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.26 mb = 2151.51 m = 7058.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.26 mb = 14128.10 m = 46351.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1966.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 149.1 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -7.1 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 811.48 Bulk Shear: 2.45 m/s