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: 25.73,-87.49 Latitude: 25.73 Longitude: -87.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31.1 30.0 94 1.1 30.3 107 9 302.8 307.8 302.9 383.9 27.03 1 1000 144 28.9 27.0 89 1.9 27.4 104 10 302.0 306.2 300.6 370.1 22.92 2 950 602 24.5 24.3 99 0.2 24.3 106 10 302.1 305.8 299.2 362.7 20.49 3 900 1074 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 128 10 302.8 305.7 296.4 348.8 15.53 4 850 1567 17.3 13.7 79 3.6 14.9 157 8 304.3 306.4 294.1 339.1 11.68 5 800 2083 15.6 7.2 57 8.4 10.5 205 6 307.8 309.3 292.3 332.1 7.98 6 750 2629 12.8 7.0 68 5.8 9.3 228 4 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.3 8.41 7 700 3206 9.6 6.3 80 3.3 7.6 279 1 313.1 314.8 294.3 339.8 8.59 8 650 3818 6.6 2.0 72 4.6 3.9 82 3 316.4 317.7 293.8 337.9 6.80 9 600 4472 3.2 -3.8 60 7.0 -0.3 95 4 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.5 4.83 10 550 5172 -0.8 -10.0 50 9.2 -4.9 103 5 323.1 323.7 292.7 333.9 3.24 11 500 5927 -4.7 -15.8 42 11.1 -8.9 73 5 327.3 327.8 293.1 335.0 2.24 12 450 6748 -9.9 -24.1 31 14.1 -14.2 37 7 330.7 331.0 293.1 335.1 1.22 13 400 7646 -15.7 -37.6 13 21.9 -19.8 30 10 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.1 0.38 14 350 8637 -23.1 -38.3 24 15.2 -25.6 22 4 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.2 0.40 15 300 9747 -31.7 -46.5 22 14.8 -33.3 67 4 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 16 250 11007 -42.2 -50.9 38 8.7 -42.7 338 9 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.14 17 200 12476 -53.4 -67.7 16 14.4 -53.7 353 11 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14271 -65.9 -79.6 13 13.7 -66.0 20 12 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 19 100 16677 -73.7 -85.4 15 11.8 -73.7 45 13 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.50 m Freezing level: 560.27 mb = 5028.06 m = 16496.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.88 mb = 4419.14 m = 14498.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.72 mb = 137.26 m = 450.33 ft T: 28.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 51.88 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.88 mb = 555.93 m = 1823.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.75 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4099.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 90.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.58 mb = 568.10 m = 1863.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.58 mb = 614.77 m = 2016.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 128.58 mb = 15185.34 m = 49820.05 ft B at Equ Level: 4072.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.4 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 152.4 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 1339.20 Bulk Shear: 3.06 m/s