MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 25.50,-87.10 Latitude: 25.50 Longitude: -87.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 30.8 29.9 95 0.9 30.1 114 9 302.5 307.5 302.8 383.2 26.93 1 1000 144 28.8 27.3 91 1.6 27.7 109 10 302.0 306.3 300.8 371.5 23.38 2 950 602 24.5 24.3 99 0.2 24.4 107 10 302.1 305.8 299.2 362.9 20.53 3 900 1074 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 125 10 302.9 305.7 296.1 347.6 15.09 4 850 1567 17.3 13.8 80 3.5 15.0 137 7 304.3 306.4 294.1 339.2 11.73 5 800 2083 15.6 7.9 60 7.7 10.9 191 6 307.8 309.4 292.6 333.3 8.39 6 750 2629 12.9 4.2 55 8.7 7.9 213 5 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.0 6.91 7 700 3205 9.8 3.6 65 6.2 6.2 224 3 313.4 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.12 8 650 3818 6.4 2.5 77 3.8 4.2 83 2 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.5 7.09 9 600 4471 3.2 -3.2 63 6.3 -0.1 92 4 319.8 320.7 293.3 336.1 5.04 10 550 5171 -0.7 -11.7 43 11.0 -5.4 101 5 323.2 323.8 292.4 332.7 2.83 11 500 5927 -4.8 -15.2 44 10.4 -8.8 68 5 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.3 2.35 12 450 6747 -9.9 -23.4 33 13.4 -14.0 37 7 330.7 331.0 293.2 335.3 1.29 13 400 7645 -15.7 -36.4 15 20.8 -19.8 31 10 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.3 0.42 14 350 8636 -23.2 -38.9 22 15.7 -25.7 33 5 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.38 15 300 9747 -31.7 -49.5 16 17.8 -33.4 52 8 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.14 16 250 11007 -42.3 -49.9 43 7.6 -42.8 335 10 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.16 17 200 12475 -53.5 -65.4 22 11.9 -53.7 336 13 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14271 -65.9 -79.1 14 13.2 -66.0 28 12 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16675 -73.6 -85.3 15 11.8 -73.6 48 13 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.95 m Freezing level: 559.44 mb = 5039.10 m = 16532.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.14 mb = 4455.58 m = 14617.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.94 mb = 108.74 m = 356.76 ft T: 29.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 51.26 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.05 mb = 544.94 m = 1787.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.61 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 29.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4171.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.06 mb = 554.27 m = 1818.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 950.06 mb = 601.15 m = 1972.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 130.06 mb = 15116.85 m = 49595.35 ft B at Equ Level: 4156.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.3 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 153.3 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1325.97 Bulk Shear: 3.15 m/s