MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 12 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 1022 -3 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.0 44 5 298.3 301.5 296.4 349.2 17.52 1 1000 186 25.0 22.0 84 2.9 22.9 49 6 298.1 301.2 296.0 347.2 16.91 2 950 637 21.6 18.0 80 3.6 19.1 81 4 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.3 13.79 3 900 1104 18.8 13.9 73 4.9 15.6 215 3 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.18 4 850 1594 17.6 8.0 53 9.6 11.8 303 3 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.4 7.94 5 800 2110 15.0 6.7 58 8.3 10.0 324 5 307.1 308.5 291.9 330.5 7.70 6 750 2654 11.3 5.2 66 6.1 7.8 284 4 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.6 7.41 7 700 3226 7.7 1.7 66 6.0 4.4 285 11 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.1 6.18 8 650 3833 4.0 -4.2 55 8.2 0.0 283 18 313.5 314.3 290.9 327.2 4.30 9 600 4480 0.5 -6.7 58 7.2 -2.8 281 23 316.7 317.5 291.5 329.2 3.86 10 550 5173 -3.0 -5.5 83 2.4 -4.2 278 25 320.5 321.4 293.2 335.5 4.64 11 500 5923 -7.3 -11.1 74 3.9 -8.9 273 25 324.2 324.8 293.1 335.1 3.27 12 450 6736 -11.6 -17.1 64 5.5 -13.6 271 26 328.6 329.1 293.4 336.3 2.22 13 400 7629 -17.5 -31.1 30 13.6 -20.5 268 28 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.9 0.71 14 350 8615 -24.2 -28.2 70 3.9 -25.1 273 26 336.1 336.3 294.3 340.0 1.07 15 300 9723 -31.6 -38.0 53 6.4 -32.5 273 28 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.7 0.48 16 250 10983 -42.8 -50.5 43 7.7 -43.3 282 31 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12444 -55.5 -64.3 32 8.9 -55.6 308 40 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14225 -67.4 -73.1 44 5.7 -67.4 296 33 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 19 100 16663 -65.9 -86.1 4 20.2 -66.0 307 9 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.70 m Freezing level: 592.57 mb = 4582.68 m = 15034.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.65 mb = 3837.30 m = 12589.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.28 mb = 505.83 m = 1659.54 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1578.75 m = 5179.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 4.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 15.27 C K Index: 26.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 275.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.74 mb = 879.34 m = 2884.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.74 mb = 2779.14 m = 9117.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.74 mb = 9287.03 m = 30468.87 ft B at Equ Level: 273.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.74 mb = 13496.06 m = 44277.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 312.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.68 Bulk Shear: 35.84 m/s