MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508161200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 30.0,-71.9 Latitude: 30.00 Longitude: -71.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -448 SFC 951 0 29.3 29.0 98 0.3 29.1 131 22 306.8 312.0 303.8 390.3 27.33 2 950 5 29.1 29.0 99 0.1 29.1 132 24 306.7 311.9 303.8 390.3 27.36 3 900 488 26.3 26.2 99 0.1 26.3 143 24 308.6 313.2 302.8 383.3 24.41 4 850 994 24.2 24.0 99 0.2 24.1 140 27 311.5 315.8 302.5 381.5 22.64 5 800 1527 22.1 21.5 97 0.6 21.7 143 26 314.7 318.7 302.1 379.0 20.61 6 750 2089 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.0 140 25 318.1 321.7 301.6 376.0 18.35 7 700 2683 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 138 25 321.5 324.7 301.0 372.5 15.97 8 650 3316 14.5 11.8 84 2.7 12.6 138 25 325.4 328.0 300.4 369.2 13.54 9 600 3991 12.2 8.2 76 4.0 9.5 136 24 330.3 332.6 300.2 368.0 11.45 10 550 4719 9.4 4.3 70 5.1 6.1 134 23 335.2 337.2 300.1 367.3 9.53 11 500 5506 5.8 0.2 67 5.6 2.4 130 22 340.2 341.8 300.0 367.0 7.81 12 450 6363 1.1 -3.7 70 4.8 -1.6 121 21 344.6 346.0 300.1 367.4 6.50 13 400 7302 -4.4 -8.6 73 4.2 -6.5 122 18 349.3 350.4 300.1 367.4 5.02 14 350 8343 -10.2 -12.7 82 2.5 -11.3 119 18 355.0 355.9 300.6 370.3 4.13 15 300 9517 -17.4 -24.7 53 7.3 -19.8 96 17 360.9 361.3 300.1 367.6 1.72 16 250 10855 -28.3 -36.0 48 7.7 -29.8 83 16 364.0 364.1 300.0 366.9 0.71 17 200 12409 -41.6 -52.3 30 10.7 -42.4 101 11 366.9 366.9 300.1 367.5 0.15 18 150 14289 -58.3 -68.0 28 9.7 -58.5 134 7 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.03 19 100 16717 -74.8 -83.6 24 8.7 -74.9 51 9 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5954.28 m Freezing level: 439.93 mb = 6552.29 m = 21496.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 470.05 mb = 6008.77 m = 19713.58 ft Precipitable water: 3.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.93 % Est. max temperature: 36.98 C = 98.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.21 mb = 31.54 m = 103.48 ft T: 28.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.02 C/km ThetaE index: 23.23 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 453.51 m = 1487.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 24.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: -0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 36.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 40.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2531.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.94 mb = 498.76 m = 1636.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.94 mb = 548.14 m = 1798.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.2 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 167.2 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 54775.39 Bulk Shear: 0.05 m/s