MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 18.45,-70.28 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -70.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 970 409 25.0 23.7 92 1.3 24.0 96 3 300.7 304.3 298.2 357.5 19.30 2 950 596 23.2 22.8 98 0.4 22.9 106 7 300.7 304.1 297.8 355.6 18.67 3 900 1067 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 135 13 301.8 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.79 4 850 1558 17.6 11.4 67 6.2 13.6 122 14 304.6 306.4 292.9 334.5 10.01 5 800 2075 16.0 9.6 65 6.5 12.0 117 14 308.2 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.40 6 750 2622 14.1 5.0 54 9.1 8.7 129 12 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.6 7.31 7 700 3202 11.1 0.2 47 10.9 5.1 132 9 314.8 315.8 292.3 332.3 5.56 8 650 3815 7.1 -6.4 38 13.5 0.7 126 8 317.0 317.7 291.4 328.9 3.66 9 600 4468 2.9 -13.8 28 16.7 -3.8 113 9 319.4 319.9 290.8 326.8 2.19 10 550 5165 -1.9 -13.9 39 12.0 -6.7 104 9 321.8 322.3 291.6 329.8 2.37 11 500 5915 -6.8 -19.5 35 12.7 -11.1 106 7 324.8 325.1 291.8 330.4 1.63 12 450 6730 -12.1 -20.1 51 8.0 -14.7 117 5 328.0 328.3 292.8 334.0 1.72 13 400 7619 -18.2 -23.7 62 5.6 -19.7 164 5 331.4 331.7 293.4 336.4 1.41 14 350 8603 -24.9 -27.8 76 3.0 -25.5 234 6 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.3 1.11 15 300 9704 -34.1 -37.4 72 3.3 -34.6 268 3 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.51 16 250 10954 -43.3 -49.3 51 6.0 -43.6 296 8 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12419 -54.2 -59.6 51 5.5 -54.3 313 27 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14220 -64.7 -79.4 12 14.7 -64.8 298 9 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16643 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 76 5 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.62 m Freezing level: 570.12 mb = 4884.52 m = 16025.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.64 mb = 3908.18 m = 12821.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.96 mb = 577.71 m = 1895.34 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 22.98 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1126.51 m = 3695.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1218.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.75 mb = 1049.77 m = 3444.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.75 mb = 3604.66 m = 11826.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.75 mb = 12848.15 m = 42152.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1207.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.75 mb = 16253.01 m = 53322.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.4 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 149.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -8.4 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1439.25 Bulk Shear: 0.85 m/s