MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508071200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508071200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 7 AUG 25 Station: 31.8,-68.1 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -68.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 -3 28.6 24.3 77 4.4 25.4 194 4 300.1 303.6 297.9 355.9 19.03 1 1000 172 26.6 23.4 83 3.2 24.3 197 4 299.8 303.1 297.4 353.8 18.46 2 950 626 22.6 21.0 91 1.6 21.5 206 4 300.1 303.2 296.4 349.0 16.69 3 900 1097 20.4 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 218 4 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.68 4 850 1590 17.9 15.6 86 2.4 16.3 219 4 304.9 307.4 295.3 344.3 13.19 5 800 2107 15.3 13.6 90 1.7 14.1 222 4 307.4 309.7 295.4 344.7 12.33 6 750 2653 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 226 3 310.0 312.1 295.3 344.2 11.22 7 700 3230 9.3 6.1 80 3.2 7.3 218 2 312.7 314.4 294.1 339.0 8.46 8 650 3841 6.0 2.2 77 3.8 3.9 188 3 315.8 317.1 293.7 337.6 6.93 9 600 4494 2.8 -3.4 64 6.2 -0.3 173 2 319.4 320.3 293.2 335.4 4.97 10 550 5192 -1.8 -10.7 50 8.9 -5.6 39 0 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.2 3.07 11 500 5943 -6.8 -14.7 53 7.9 -9.8 265 1 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.44 12 450 6757 -11.6 -23.1 38 11.5 -15.0 138 4 328.6 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.32 13 400 7651 -16.8 -33.7 22 16.8 -20.3 126 4 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.2 0.56 14 350 8638 -23.8 -43.5 15 19.7 -26.5 128 4 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 15 300 9746 -31.8 -51.7 12 19.9 -33.5 131 12 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.11 16 250 11008 -41.7 -56.9 18 15.3 -42.4 138 19 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.07 17 200 12479 -53.7 -62.8 32 9.2 -53.9 115 21 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14272 -66.1 -74.4 30 8.4 -66.1 136 9 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16711 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 326 4 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.32 m Freezing level: 569.46 mb = 4920.08 m = 16141.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.93 mb = 4440.43 m = 14568.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.73 mb = 554.53 m = 1819.30 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 972.89 m = 3191.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 37.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.55 mb = 759.60 m = 2492.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.55 mb = 1583.99 m = 5196.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.55 mb = 13116.70 m = 43033.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1310.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 2.7 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 2.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3790.09 Bulk Shear: 0.35 m/s