MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.26,-70.63 Latitude: 31.26 Longitude: -70.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 25.2 22.6 86 2.6 23.3 66 8 296.9 300.0 295.8 346.6 17.20 1 1000 148 23.5 21.8 90 1.7 22.3 67 8 296.7 299.7 295.5 344.9 16.70 2 950 596 20.5 18.9 90 1.6 19.4 105 7 298.0 300.7 294.4 340.4 14.61 3 900 1063 18.2 16.8 91 1.5 17.2 152 5 300.3 302.8 294.3 339.7 13.46 4 850 1552 15.8 14.5 92 1.4 14.9 197 5 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.1 12.27 5 800 2066 13.4 11.6 89 1.8 12.2 206 8 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.6 10.76 6 750 2608 10.7 8.3 85 2.4 9.2 214 13 308.2 309.9 293.3 336.1 9.19 7 700 3180 7.8 4.2 78 3.5 5.8 212 18 311.1 312.5 292.8 334.1 7.43 8 650 3789 4.6 1.2 79 3.4 2.7 217 22 314.1 315.4 292.9 334.3 6.44 9 600 4437 0.8 -2.7 77 3.5 -1.0 219 25 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.8 5.23 10 550 5132 -2.7 -6.6 74 3.9 -4.6 212 27 320.9 321.7 293.0 334.8 4.24 11 500 5882 -7.0 -9.2 84 2.3 -7.9 206 29 324.5 325.3 293.6 337.2 3.80 12 450 6696 -11.9 -21.0 47 9.1 -14.7 209 27 328.2 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.59 13 400 7587 -17.7 -24.6 55 6.9 -19.6 211 26 331.9 332.2 293.4 336.6 1.30 14 350 8573 -23.7 -42.6 16 18.9 -26.3 227 24 336.8 336.9 293.8 337.9 0.26 15 300 9680 -33.1 -48.1 21 15.0 -34.4 204 30 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.16 16 250 10935 -43.2 -47.2 65 4.0 -43.5 237 30 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.7 0.22 17 200 12389 -57.0 -63.8 42 6.8 -57.1 245 29 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 14159 -64.3 -77.8 14 13.5 -64.4 241 24 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16624 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 221 24 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.92 m Freezing level: 588.19 mb = 4601.12 m = 15095.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.22 mb = 4260.40 m = 13977.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.21 mb = 322.72 m = 1058.78 ft T: 22.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 859.46 m = 2819.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.96 mb = 660.64 m = 2167.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.96 mb = 1672.98 m = 5488.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.96 mb = 8615.15 m = 28264.59 ft B at Equ Level: 226.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.96 mb = 13463.15 m = 44169.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.4 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 238.4 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 50.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.56 Bulk Shear: 67.91 m/s