MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508080600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 8 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 1018 -2 27.6 23.7 79 3.9 24.7 154 5 299.2 302.6 297.3 352.9 18.39 1 1000 153 25.9 22.8 83 3.2 23.6 155 5 299.1 302.3 296.8 350.8 17.72 2 950 605 22.4 19.3 82 3.1 20.2 183 4 299.9 302.7 295.2 343.7 14.96 3 900 1075 20.0 16.8 81 3.3 17.8 263 3 302.2 304.6 294.8 341.9 13.47 4 850 1567 17.5 14.7 84 2.8 15.6 274 3 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.6 12.46 5 800 2084 14.7 11.9 83 2.8 12.9 274 3 306.8 308.8 294.3 339.9 10.99 6 750 2627 11.6 8.5 81 3.1 9.7 282 3 309.2 311.0 293.7 337.7 9.35 7 700 3202 8.4 4.9 78 3.5 6.3 282 3 311.8 313.3 293.3 335.9 7.77 8 650 3812 5.5 -0.1 67 5.6 2.5 261 4 315.2 316.4 292.7 333.8 5.86 9 600 4462 2.1 -8.1 47 10.2 -2.6 250 4 318.6 319.2 291.7 329.9 3.46 10 550 5158 -2.4 -13.3 43 10.8 -6.7 241 3 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.50 11 500 5908 -6.8 -17.1 44 10.3 -10.5 210 2 324.8 325.2 292.2 331.6 2.00 12 450 6724 -11.4 -17.5 60 6.2 -13.5 171 3 328.9 329.4 293.4 336.4 2.14 13 400 7617 -17.0 -26.6 43 9.6 -19.5 211 3 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.8 1.08 14 350 8605 -23.7 -31.6 48 7.9 -25.4 181 3 336.7 336.9 294.2 339.6 0.78 15 300 9711 -32.7 -46.5 24 13.8 -34.0 167 8 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.20 16 250 10967 -42.8 -56.2 22 13.4 -43.4 143 17 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 17 200 12432 -54.4 -62.3 37 7.9 -54.6 146 22 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14231 -64.1 -82.1 7 18.0 -64.2 184 4 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16670 -69.4 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.5 110 5 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.22 m Freezing level: 576.66 mb = 4787.21 m = 15705.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.39 mb = 4125.40 m = 13534.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.85 mb = 495.93 m = 1627.06 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.35 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1240.89 m = 4071.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.52 mb = 850.87 m = 2791.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.52 mb = 2099.18 m = 6886.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.52 mb = 12478.78 m = 40940.38 ft B at Equ Level: 716.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.52 mb = 15160.89 m = 49739.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 3.4 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 2.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 173.99 Bulk Shear: 4.17 m/s