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: 29.98,-95.68 Latitude: 29.98 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 48 33.5 19.9 45 13.6 23.8 131 3 305.8 308.5 296.5 349.7 14.65 1 1000 138 32.7 18.6 43 14.1 22.8 134 4 305.9 308.4 295.9 346.6 13.61 2 950 598 28.2 17.5 52 10.7 20.8 140 5 305.8 308.3 295.7 345.9 13.36 3 900 1075 24.2 15.4 58 8.8 18.2 165 4 306.4 308.7 295.1 343.4 12.29 4 850 1572 20.5 12.4 60 8.1 15.2 245 6 307.6 309.6 294.3 340.0 10.71 5 800 2093 16.4 12.9 80 3.5 14.1 307 9 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.3 11.78 6 750 2640 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.2 321 18 310.4 312.4 295.0 342.8 10.59 7 700 3216 8.8 5.5 79 3.4 6.8 319 15 312.3 313.8 293.7 337.4 8.11 8 650 3826 5.8 -2.5 55 8.3 1.6 303 12 315.6 316.5 292.0 331.2 4.92 9 600 4478 3.1 -6.9 48 9.9 -1.6 307 16 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.1 3.81 10 550 5178 -0.9 -5.5 71 4.6 -3.2 320 16 323.0 323.9 293.9 338.1 4.60 11 500 5933 -5.1 -11.8 59 6.7 -7.9 322 15 326.8 327.4 293.6 337.3 3.10 12 450 6754 -9.6 -16.2 59 6.5 -12.1 320 13 331.1 331.6 294.2 339.5 2.41 13 400 7653 -15.7 -26.2 40 10.5 -18.5 327 11 334.5 334.8 294.0 338.6 1.13 14 350 8646 -22.7 -32.9 39 10.2 -24.7 310 6 338.2 338.3 294.5 340.7 0.69 15 300 9757 -31.4 -36.8 59 5.4 -32.1 358 3 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.3 0.55 16 250 11021 -41.8 -46.1 63 4.2 -42.2 92 13 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.8 0.25 17 200 12494 -52.9 -67.1 16 14.2 -53.2 171 1 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14291 -65.1 -76.4 20 11.3 -65.2 72 9 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16715 -72.1 -84.8 13 12.7 -72.2 78 11 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.40 m Freezing level: 561.49 mb = 5017.54 m = 16461.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.38 mb = 4141.00 m = 13585.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 35.09 C = 95.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.71 mb = 1769.43 m = 5805.13 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.95 mb = 2428.43 m = 7967.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.47 C = 99.45 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 17.51 C K Index: 34.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.22 mb = 1973.25 m = 6473.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.22 mb = 3024.80 m = 9923.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.22 mb = 11394.87 m = 37384.30 ft B at Equ Level: 185.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.22 mb = 13284.45 m = 43583.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.5 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 340.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.76 Bulk Shear: 32.84 m/s