MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 30.05,-95.11 Latitude: 30.05 Longitude: -95.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 19 32.9 23.9 60 8.9 26.2 162 2 304.6 308.1 298.8 360.5 18.73 1 1000 166 29.9 22.7 65 7.2 24.6 166 2 303.0 306.3 297.8 355.3 17.62 2 950 624 25.3 21.6 80 3.7 22.6 196 2 302.8 306.0 297.5 354.1 17.30 3 900 1097 21.5 18.0 80 3.6 19.1 272 6 303.7 306.4 296.0 346.9 14.54 4 850 1592 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.5 321 8 306.1 308.5 295.5 345.0 12.99 5 800 2111 15.6 12.6 82 3.0 13.6 341 9 307.8 310.0 295.0 342.7 11.56 6 750 2657 12.2 9.3 82 2.9 10.4 348 9 309.8 311.7 294.3 339.9 9.84 7 700 3232 8.8 6.4 85 2.4 7.3 349 9 312.2 313.9 294.1 339.0 8.66 8 650 3843 5.3 2.8 84 2.4 3.9 343 10 314.9 316.3 293.7 337.7 7.25 9 600 4493 1.9 -1.6 78 3.5 0.0 332 11 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.4 5.67 10 550 5191 -2.1 -6.1 74 3.9 -4.0 332 10 321.5 322.4 293.3 336.0 4.42 11 500 5942 -6.0 -11.0 68 4.9 -8.2 327 6 325.7 326.3 293.5 336.8 3.30 12 450 6760 -10.6 -17.6 56 7.0 -13.1 268 5 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.3 2.13 13 400 7657 -15.9 -21.1 64 5.2 -17.5 248 8 334.3 334.7 294.5 340.7 1.78 14 350 8650 -22.4 -37.3 25 14.9 -25.0 308 3 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.2 0.44 15 300 9762 -31.2 -49.7 14 18.5 -32.9 67 8 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.14 16 250 11027 -41.0 -49.9 38 8.8 -41.6 109 5 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.16 17 200 12503 -52.7 -62.3 31 9.5 -53.0 188 5 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 14301 -65.6 -75.9 22 10.3 -65.7 50 12 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16722 -70.6 -85.1 10 14.6 -70.6 90 16 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.47 m Freezing level: 576.80 mb = 4816.71 m = 15802.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4496.31 m = 14751.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.46 mb = 1150.85 m = 3775.71 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 24.54 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1383.94 m = 4540.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1697.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.18 mb = 1143.89 m = 3752.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.18 mb = 1794.29 m = 5886.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.18 mb = 13890.58 m = 45572.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1682.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.0 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 3.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 131.03 Bulk Shear: 12.95 m/s