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: 25.53,-87.40 Latitude: 25.53 Longitude: -87.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31.0 29.9 94 1.1 30.2 116 8 302.8 307.7 302.8 383.5 26.92 1 1000 143 29.0 27.3 91 1.7 27.7 110 9 302.1 306.4 300.8 371.6 23.36 2 950 601 24.5 24.3 99 0.2 24.4 108 10 302.1 305.9 299.2 362.9 20.53 3 900 1074 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 123 10 302.8 305.7 296.4 348.7 15.51 4 850 1567 17.3 13.6 79 3.8 14.8 143 7 304.3 306.5 294.0 338.8 11.58 5 800 2083 15.7 7.4 58 8.2 10.7 194 6 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.6 8.12 6 750 2629 12.9 4.7 57 8.2 8.1 215 5 310.6 312.0 292.4 332.7 7.16 7 700 3205 9.7 5.0 72 4.7 6.9 223 1 313.2 314.7 293.7 337.6 7.84 8 650 3818 6.5 1.9 73 4.6 3.9 78 2 316.3 317.6 293.7 337.8 6.78 9 600 4471 3.2 -3.3 62 6.5 -0.2 91 5 319.8 320.8 293.3 336.0 5.00 10 550 5172 -0.8 -10.5 48 9.7 -5.0 101 5 323.2 323.8 292.7 333.6 3.13 11 500 5927 -4.7 -15.5 42 10.8 -8.8 70 5 327.3 327.8 293.1 335.2 2.29 12 450 6747 -9.9 -23.8 31 13.8 -14.1 38 7 330.7 331.0 293.1 335.2 1.25 13 400 7645 -15.7 -36.5 15 20.8 -19.8 35 10 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.3 0.42 14 350 8637 -23.2 -37.3 26 14.1 -25.5 36 5 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.2 0.44 15 300 9747 -31.8 -46.2 23 14.5 -33.3 63 7 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.20 16 250 11007 -42.2 -49.1 47 6.9 -42.6 335 9 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.1 0.18 17 200 12475 -53.4 -65.3 22 11.9 -53.7 341 11 348.2 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14272 -65.9 -79.7 13 13.8 -66.0 27 11 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.00 19 100 16676 -73.6 -85.3 15 11.8 -73.6 49 13 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.68 m Freezing level: 559.49 mb = 5038.66 m = 16530.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.92 mb = 4445.32 m = 14584.21 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.56 mb = 138.36 m = 453.92 ft T: 29.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 50.94 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.96 mb = 545.58 m = 1789.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.78 C Showalter Index: 2.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.25 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4200.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 91.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.61 mb = 558.16 m = 1831.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.61 mb = 604.98 m = 1984.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 129.61 mb = 15137.96 m = 49664.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4184.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.9 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 151.9 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 1850.19 Bulk Shear: 2.27 m/s