MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-89.02 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 103 SFC 996 136 28.4 22.3 69 6.2 23.9 115 8 301.9 305.1 297.2 352.7 17.23 2 950 558 24.7 21.3 81 3.4 22.3 116 19 302.3 305.4 297.2 352.6 17.04 3 900 1031 21.4 18.6 84 2.8 19.4 122 22 303.6 306.4 296.3 348.5 15.13 4 850 1525 18.6 13.2 71 5.4 15.0 116 17 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.4 11.26 5 800 2043 15.3 9.5 68 5.8 11.7 113 16 307.5 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.37 6 750 2588 12.8 5.6 61 7.3 8.5 123 18 310.5 312.0 292.8 334.0 7.62 7 700 3164 9.2 5.4 77 3.8 6.9 121 16 312.7 314.2 293.7 337.7 8.06 8 650 3775 5.7 2.2 78 3.5 3.7 126 14 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.1 6.91 9 600 4426 2.0 0.1 88 1.8 1.0 127 13 318.4 319.6 294.1 339.0 6.46 10 550 5125 -1.5 -3.6 85 2.2 -2.6 128 13 322.3 323.4 294.3 339.7 5.32 11 500 5879 -5.7 -8.5 81 2.8 -7.0 131 13 326.1 326.9 294.2 339.5 4.03 12 450 6696 -9.7 -20.8 40 11.1 -13.3 133 10 331.1 331.4 293.5 336.8 1.63 13 400 7597 -15.2 -32.8 21 17.6 -19.1 185 3 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.5 0.61 14 350 8592 -21.6 -39.2 19 17.6 -24.6 20 5 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.0 0.37 15 300 9709 -30.0 -47.6 16 17.6 -31.9 353 9 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.8 0.17 16 250 10979 -40.7 -57.4 15 16.8 -41.5 326 13 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.07 17 200 12452 -54.0 -61.2 41 7.2 -54.2 328 19 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.05 18 150 14235 -67.6 -73.1 46 5.5 -67.7 25 17 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 19 100 16619 -74.3 -84.8 18 10.5 -74.3 35 9 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.62 m Freezing level: 571.44 mb = 4825.08 m = 15830.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.39 mb = 4610.35 m = 15125.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.38 mb = 920.93 m = 3021.39 ft T: 22.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.76 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1406.52 m = 4614.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1045.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.24 mb = 1086.36 m = 3564.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.24 mb = 1839.63 m = 6035.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.24 mb = 13864.96 m = 45488.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 152.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -21.9 tot: 19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1808.03 Bulk Shear: 0.58 m/s