MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 25.50,-81.10 Latitude: 25.50 Longitude: -81.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 0 27.1 24.8 87 2.3 25.4 81 2 299.0 302.6 298.1 356.8 19.78 1 1000 130 25.6 24.2 92 1.5 24.6 91 2 298.8 302.3 297.7 355.1 19.29 2 950 584 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 163 5 300.9 304.1 297.0 351.9 17.34 3 900 1055 20.5 18.7 89 1.9 19.2 150 7 302.7 305.5 296.1 347.7 15.23 4 850 1548 17.6 13.7 78 3.9 15.0 156 7 304.6 306.8 294.2 339.5 11.70 5 800 2065 15.1 10.9 76 4.2 12.4 186 5 307.2 309.2 293.9 338.3 10.28 6 750 2609 12.2 8.4 78 3.8 9.9 225 5 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.2 9.28 7 700 3185 9.4 3.6 67 5.8 6.1 232 2 312.9 314.3 293.1 335.1 7.10 8 650 3797 5.7 1.3 74 4.3 3.3 222 2 315.4 316.6 293.3 335.9 6.50 9 600 4447 1.7 -2.7 73 4.4 -0.6 234 4 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.8 5.21 10 550 5143 -2.6 -6.4 75 3.8 -4.4 263 6 321.0 321.9 293.1 335.1 4.32 11 500 5894 -6.5 -13.7 56 7.3 -9.3 291 8 325.2 325.7 292.8 334.1 2.65 12 450 6709 -11.3 -22.0 41 10.7 -14.6 298 10 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.2 1.46 13 400 7603 -16.9 -29.4 33 12.5 -19.8 276 11 333.1 333.2 293.3 336.2 0.84 14 350 8591 -23.3 -43.6 14 20.3 -26.1 284 11 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.23 15 300 9700 -32.0 -47.9 19 15.9 -33.5 275 13 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.17 16 250 10960 -42.2 -51.2 37 8.9 -42.8 266 13 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.8 0.14 17 200 12426 -54.9 -58.9 61 4.0 -55.0 217 7 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14202 -67.1 -73.2 42 6.0 -67.2 285 19 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16616 -73.0 -85.9 12 13.0 -73.0 318 10 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.62 m Freezing level: 580.52 mb = 4718.37 m = 15480.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.96 mb = 4340.10 m = 14239.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.20 mb = 289.10 m = 948.48 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 892.13 m = 2926.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1823.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.86 mb = 668.16 m = 2192.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.86 mb = 1191.73 m = 3909.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.86 mb = 13965.85 m = 45819.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1815.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 441.50 Bulk Shear: 4.13 m/s