MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-96.31 Latitude: 24.85 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 1013 -0 29.2 26.4 85 2.7 27.1 138 7 301.2 305.3 299.8 366.1 21.93 1 1000 111 27.9 25.8 88 2.1 26.4 138 7 301.1 305.0 299.5 364.3 21.38 2 950 567 24.7 21.3 81 3.5 22.2 134 10 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.4 16.97 3 900 1040 23.4 13.6 54 9.8 16.9 128 7 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.4 10.93 4 850 1537 21.6 9.2 45 12.4 13.8 95 4 308.8 310.4 293.0 335.0 8.60 5 800 2060 18.8 5.9 43 12.9 11.0 47 4 311.2 312.5 292.7 333.7 7.30 6 750 2610 15.1 2.9 44 12.2 8.1 7 5 312.9 314.1 292.4 332.6 6.30 7 700 3190 11.1 0.5 48 10.6 5.3 354 8 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.7 5.67 8 650 3804 6.9 -0.6 59 7.5 2.9 346 11 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.8 5.64 9 600 4456 2.5 -3.2 66 5.7 -0.4 339 12 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.2 5.02 10 550 5154 -1.7 -9.3 56 7.6 -5.0 331 10 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.5 3.44 11 500 5907 -5.7 -15.5 46 9.8 -9.4 323 9 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.9 2.29 12 450 6725 -10.5 -20.4 44 9.8 -13.7 332 10 330.0 330.4 293.3 335.9 1.68 13 400 7621 -16.6 -30.3 29 13.8 -19.7 357 10 333.5 333.6 293.4 336.3 0.77 14 350 8611 -22.7 -43.6 13 21.0 -25.6 20 7 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.23 15 300 9722 -31.3 -41.5 36 10.3 -32.5 63 8 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.7 0.33 16 250 10987 -41.5 -49.1 44 7.6 -42.1 91 11 344.3 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.18 17 200 12459 -53.4 -58.6 53 5.2 -53.6 88 25 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14248 -67.2 -73.7 39 6.5 -67.3 89 24 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16659 -71.4 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 82 19 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.23 m Freezing level: 570.00 mb = 4875.05 m = 15994.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.72 mb = 4365.39 m = 14321.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.91 C = 96.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.01 mb = 344.84 m = 1131.36 ft T: 26.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 33.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1947.17 m = 6388.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.62 C = 101.51 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.31 C Cross Totals Index: 14.87 C K Index: 25.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1793.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.31 mb = 920.97 m = 3021.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.31 mb = 2984.50 m = 9791.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.31 mb = 14355.46 m = 47097.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1776.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.8 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 28.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -6.9 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 59.08 Bulk Shear: 30.36 m/s