MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 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 1021 -3 27.2 23.0 78 4.2 24.2 47 6 298.6 301.8 296.6 349.9 17.60 1 1000 178 25.3 22.0 82 3.3 23.0 47 6 298.5 301.6 296.1 347.7 16.90 2 950 629 21.9 18.0 78 3.9 19.2 20 3 299.4 302.0 294.3 339.8 13.81 3 900 1097 18.9 15.0 78 3.9 16.3 279 6 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.2 11.97 4 850 1587 17.6 8.7 56 8.9 12.1 309 5 304.6 306.1 291.6 329.6 8.34 5 800 2103 15.0 6.9 58 8.1 10.2 247 4 307.2 308.6 292.0 331.0 7.84 6 750 2647 11.2 5.9 70 5.3 8.0 248 7 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.79 7 700 3219 7.0 3.8 80 3.2 5.2 271 10 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.5 7.21 8 650 3825 3.5 2.1 91 1.4 2.7 282 13 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.3 6.88 9 600 4471 -0.2 -1.3 92 1.2 -0.8 295 15 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.3 5.79 10 550 5164 -3.3 -4.1 94 0.8 -3.7 295 18 320.1 321.1 293.5 336.7 5.12 11 500 5912 -7.8 -9.6 87 1.8 -8.6 299 17 323.5 324.2 293.3 335.8 3.70 12 450 6725 -12.3 -17.0 68 4.6 -13.9 301 18 327.7 328.2 293.2 335.5 2.25 13 400 7615 -17.8 -25.4 51 7.7 -19.8 294 26 331.9 332.1 293.4 336.2 1.21 14 350 8602 -23.6 -35.2 34 11.5 -25.7 289 32 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.0 0.55 15 300 9710 -32.5 -39.0 52 6.5 -33.4 294 32 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.2 0.44 16 250 10963 -43.6 -48.8 56 5.2 -44.0 291 45 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12421 -55.8 -59.1 67 3.2 -55.9 297 47 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 18 150 14202 -66.6 -71.9 48 5.2 -66.7 285 37 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16652 -65.8 -86.0 4 20.2 -66.0 343 9 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.37 m Freezing level: 602.17 mb = 4442.95 m = 14576.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.39 mb = 4319.31 m = 14170.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.18 mb = 535.49 m = 1756.83 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1508.89 m = 4950.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 16.53 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.72 mb = 909.64 m = 2984.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.72 mb = 2593.90 m = 8510.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.72 mb = 11659.82 m = 38253.53 ft B at Equ Level: 446.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.72 mb = 14418.70 m = 47304.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 18.61 Bulk Shear: 24.11 m/s