MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 31.15,-70.94 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -70.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.3 25.0 99 0.3 25.1 194 8 297.1 300.7 297.7 355.0 20.01 1 1000 139 24.0 23.8 99 0.2 23.9 195 10 297.1 300.5 297.0 351.8 18.88 2 950 590 22.3 17.4 74 4.9 18.9 207 7 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.28 3 900 1058 19.4 15.3 77 4.2 16.7 197 10 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.21 4 850 1549 17.1 11.6 70 5.5 13.6 209 13 304.1 305.9 292.9 334.2 10.12 5 800 2065 15.2 4.9 50 10.2 9.2 232 15 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.1 6.81 6 750 2609 12.2 3.0 53 9.2 7.1 239 19 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.5 6.35 7 700 3183 8.6 2.7 67 5.9 5.3 244 20 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.7 6.67 8 650 3792 4.8 1.0 76 3.8 2.7 245 20 314.4 315.7 292.9 334.4 6.35 9 600 4441 1.0 -6.1 59 7.1 -2.4 242 20 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.3 4.04 10 550 5136 -2.7 -10.6 54 7.9 -6.1 238 22 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.1 3.10 11 500 5885 -6.5 -21.9 28 15.4 -11.3 234 22 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.8 1.33 12 450 6702 -11.4 -18.6 55 7.3 -13.8 231 19 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.8 1.96 13 400 7594 -17.3 -26.1 47 8.7 -19.6 225 22 332.5 332.7 293.4 336.6 1.14 14 350 8581 -24.4 -39.7 23 15.4 -26.6 209 22 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.3 0.35 15 300 9688 -32.2 -51.9 12 19.7 -33.8 236 20 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 16 250 10943 -43.7 -51.3 43 7.6 -44.2 250 26 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 17 200 12398 -56.4 -60.8 58 4.4 -56.5 240 19 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14165 -67.4 -76.1 28 8.7 -67.5 270 16 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16604 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 234 23 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.25 m Freezing level: 586.78 mb = 4624.45 m = 15171.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.24 mb = 4133.01 m = 13559.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1012.89 mb = 27.39 m = 89.88 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 26.95 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1216.28 m = 3990.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 2.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 29.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 429.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.36 mb = 789.53 m = 2590.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.36 mb = 3025.81 m = 9927.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.36 mb = 12605.19 m = 41355.10 ft B at Equ Level: 420.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.36 mb = 14872.10 m = 48792.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.7 neg: -6.7 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 26.54 Bulk Shear: 16.18 m/s