MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 30.29,-98.92 Latitude: 30.29 Longitude: -98.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 952 569 28.5 19.1 57 9.5 21.8 75 4 305.9 308.7 296.7 350.2 14.75 2 950 589 30.1 18.9 51 11.2 22.1 75 8 307.7 310.5 297.0 351.7 14.58 3 900 1072 27.8 17.0 52 10.8 20.2 83 9 310.1 312.7 297.0 351.8 13.66 4 850 1575 23.0 15.8 64 7.3 18.0 94 6 310.3 312.8 296.8 351.1 13.37 5 800 2101 18.3 13.7 74 4.6 15.1 109 2 310.6 313.0 296.3 348.5 12.39 6 750 2651 14.4 7.7 64 6.7 10.2 332 5 312.2 313.8 294.1 339.4 8.81 7 700 3229 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.7 328 11 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.0 7.83 8 650 3839 6.3 -8.8 33 15.1 -0.5 346 9 316.1 316.6 290.5 325.9 3.01 9 600 4491 3.3 -9.3 39 12.6 -2.3 2 11 319.9 320.6 291.8 330.3 3.16 10 550 5192 -0.6 -5.9 67 5.3 -3.2 359 13 323.4 324.3 293.9 338.1 4.47 11 500 5947 -5.1 -15.4 44 10.3 -9.1 7 15 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.7 2.30 12 450 6768 -9.7 -34.8 11 25.1 -15.3 8 15 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.44 13 400 7665 -16.1 -24.3 49 8.1 -18.4 4 15 334.0 334.3 294.0 338.8 1.34 14 350 8655 -23.0 -38.7 22 15.8 -25.5 34 13 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.3 0.38 15 300 9765 -31.7 -38.1 53 6.3 -32.6 63 13 340.6 340.7 294.9 342.5 0.48 16 250 11027 -42.0 -52.7 30 10.7 -42.6 94 13 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.2 0.12 17 200 12497 -53.0 -65.5 20 12.6 -53.2 84 7 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14298 -64.7 -77.2 16 12.5 -64.8 86 8 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16724 -71.0 -85.6 10 14.6 -71.1 59 12 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.14 m Freezing level: 557.64 mb = 5084.71 m = 16681.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.52 mb = 3794.25 m = 12448.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.97 mb = 1781.95 m = 5846.23 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 25.93 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2650.54 m = 8695.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.66 C = 94.38 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.14 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1132.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.23 mb = 2335.70 m = 7662.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.23 mb = 2840.03 m = 9317.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.23 mb = 13045.72 m = 42800.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1125.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.23 mb = 15981.00 m = 52430.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 7.6 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 37.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -5.1 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 75.78 Bulk Shear: 14.94 m/s