MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 29.96,-96.31 Latitude: 29.96 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 80 34.0 19.4 42 14.6 23.6 148 6 306.6 309.2 296.5 349.3 14.22 1 1000 136 33.5 18.5 41 15.0 22.9 150 7 306.7 309.2 296.0 347.3 13.51 2 950 596 29.0 17.2 49 11.8 20.8 157 7 306.7 309.1 295.8 346.2 13.14 3 900 1074 24.7 16.0 58 8.7 18.7 205 4 306.9 309.3 295.6 345.4 12.80 4 850 1572 20.5 14.7 69 5.8 16.6 287 5 307.6 310.0 295.6 345.3 12.48 5 800 2093 16.4 13.4 83 3.0 14.4 305 7 308.6 310.9 295.7 345.6 12.20 6 750 2640 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.8 323 16 310.4 312.5 295.5 345.0 11.32 7 700 3217 9.2 7.5 89 1.7 8.2 322 16 312.7 314.4 294.7 341.6 9.34 8 650 3829 5.8 2.8 81 3.0 4.1 311 15 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.4 7.24 9 600 4481 2.6 -1.6 74 4.2 0.4 312 15 319.1 320.2 293.7 337.4 5.70 10 550 5180 -1.0 -6.2 68 5.1 -3.5 325 15 322.9 323.7 293.6 337.3 4.39 11 500 5935 -5.2 -10.6 66 5.4 -7.5 321 13 326.7 327.4 293.9 338.2 3.41 12 450 6756 -9.9 -15.0 66 5.1 -11.9 314 8 330.7 331.3 294.3 339.9 2.65 13 400 7655 -15.6 -26.2 40 10.6 -18.5 328 8 334.6 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.12 14 350 8647 -22.6 -37.3 25 14.8 -25.1 279 6 338.4 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.44 15 300 9758 -31.4 -39.6 45 8.1 -32.5 83 3 341.1 341.1 295.0 342.7 0.41 16 250 11021 -42.0 -46.8 59 4.8 -42.3 96 13 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.23 17 200 12494 -52.8 -67.0 16 14.2 -53.1 113 2 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14292 -65.1 -76.8 18 11.7 -65.2 77 10 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16717 -72.2 -85.2 12 13.0 -72.3 81 11 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.60 m Freezing level: 564.11 mb = 4983.00 m = 16348.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.20 mb = 4545.19 m = 14911.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.94 C = 94.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.79 mb = 1925.39 m = 6316.82 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.09 mb = 2449.31 m = 8035.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 38.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 286.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.83 mb = 2084.38 m = 6838.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.83 mb = 3030.27 m = 9941.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.83 mb = 11692.39 m = 38360.41 ft B at Equ Level: 280.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.83 mb = 14053.67 m = 46107.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 43.88 m/s