MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 18.38,-94.85 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 971 358 29.4 24.0 73 5.3 25.4 13 5 305.1 308.8 299.5 364.3 19.75 2 950 550 26.7 21.7 74 5.1 23.0 14 4 304.3 307.6 298.0 356.2 17.41 3 900 1025 22.5 19.4 82 3.1 20.2 79 6 304.7 307.6 297.1 352.1 15.90 4 850 1521 18.9 16.0 83 2.9 16.9 80 8 306.0 308.5 295.9 346.6 13.56 5 800 2040 15.9 12.9 82 3.0 14.0 80 10 308.1 310.3 295.3 343.8 11.80 6 750 2586 12.8 9.2 78 3.6 10.5 96 14 310.5 312.3 294.4 340.4 9.77 7 700 3163 9.5 3.9 68 5.7 6.2 100 17 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.6 7.23 8 650 3776 7.2 -0.0 60 7.3 3.3 92 18 317.2 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.89 9 600 4431 3.3 -3.0 64 6.2 0.1 90 17 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.5 5.13 10 550 5131 -0.6 -8.8 54 8.2 -4.3 93 18 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.2 3.57 11 500 5887 -4.5 -14.6 45 10.1 -8.5 85 21 327.5 328.0 293.3 336.0 2.46 12 450 6710 -9.3 -27.2 22 18.0 -14.2 67 21 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.91 13 400 7608 -15.7 -27.1 37 11.4 -18.6 61 16 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.4 1.04 14 350 8599 -23.3 -36.0 30 12.8 -25.5 44 10 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.3 0.50 15 300 9711 -31.2 -48.2 17 17.0 -32.9 328 5 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.16 16 250 10974 -41.7 -45.9 64 4.2 -42.1 269 14 344.1 344.1 295.5 345.1 0.25 17 200 12444 -53.8 -64.3 26 10.5 -54.0 323 2 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14236 -66.0 -79.3 14 13.2 -66.1 36 24 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.00 19 100 16621 -74.6 -84.8 19 10.2 -74.6 59 23 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.67 m Freezing level: 557.56 mb = 5025.15 m = 16486.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.11 mb = 4442.61 m = 14575.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.96 mb = 1035.33 m = 3396.70 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 28.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1481.06 m = 4859.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1624.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.23 mb = 1336.83 m = 4385.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.23 mb = 1691.42 m = 5549.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.23 mb = 14102.84 m = 46268.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1605.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.0 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 118.0 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 75.00 Bulk Shear: 21.66 m/s