MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 30.40,-94.57 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -94.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 30 33.0 22.8 55 10.2 25.4 336 0 305.4 308.7 298.3 358.1 17.59 1 1000 112 31.4 21.6 56 9.8 24.2 337 1 304.5 307.6 297.4 353.5 16.42 2 950 571 26.8 20.5 68 6.3 22.2 327 1 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.4 16.14 3 900 1046 22.1 19.5 85 2.7 20.2 324 1 304.3 307.3 297.1 352.0 16.01 4 850 1541 17.8 16.6 93 1.2 17.0 347 5 304.8 307.5 296.0 347.1 14.15 5 800 2058 15.1 12.8 86 2.3 13.6 358 8 307.2 309.4 294.9 342.4 11.67 6 750 2603 12.2 9.5 84 2.7 10.4 350 6 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.3 9.98 7 700 3179 9.3 6.3 82 3.0 7.5 340 5 312.7 314.4 294.1 339.3 8.57 8 650 3791 6.4 2.2 74 4.3 4.0 342 8 316.2 317.6 293.8 338.0 6.90 9 600 4444 3.2 -12.0 32 15.2 -3.2 355 10 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.54 10 550 5143 -1.1 -14.7 35 13.5 -6.4 324 11 322.8 323.2 291.8 330.3 2.23 11 500 5896 -5.6 -20.8 29 15.2 -10.6 293 12 326.2 326.5 292.1 331.3 1.46 12 450 6715 -9.3 -42.2 5 32.9 -15.4 329 9 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.21 13 400 7616 -15.1 -44.8 6 29.6 -19.9 320 7 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.18 14 350 8607 -23.9 -44.9 13 21.0 -26.6 287 9 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.20 15 300 9714 -31.6 -49.4 15 17.9 -33.2 265 12 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.14 16 250 10976 -42.5 -53.2 30 10.6 -43.2 238 10 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.11 17 200 12446 -53.1 -72.6 8 19.5 -53.4 216 7 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14252 -63.9 -75.8 18 11.9 -64.0 62 6 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16681 -71.3 -84.4 13 13.1 -71.4 91 14 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.31 m Freezing level: 563.06 mb = 4960.52 m = 16274.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4147.50 m = 13607.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.31 mb = 1326.42 m = 4351.73 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 29.83 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.96 mb = 1399.64 m = 4591.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1470.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.50 mb = 1364.33 m = 4476.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.50 mb = 1414.33 m = 4640.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.50 mb = 13374.62 m = 43879.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1451.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.6 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 5.6 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 297.57 Bulk Shear: 4.94 m/s