MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 30.63,-95.92 Latitude: 30.63 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 96 33.0 22.4 54 10.7 25.2 104 6 305.6 308.8 298.1 357.0 17.15 1 1000 156 30.9 21.4 57 9.5 24.0 104 5 304.1 307.1 297.2 352.5 16.28 2 950 613 26.1 20.1 69 6.0 21.8 105 6 303.7 306.6 296.8 350.6 15.79 3 900 1087 21.5 19.2 87 2.3 19.8 106 6 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.3 15.71 4 850 1580 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.6 93 5 304.4 306.7 294.7 341.6 12.49 5 800 2096 15.1 3.2 45 11.9 8.4 68 8 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.03 6 750 2640 13.2 -1.3 37 14.4 5.6 90 13 310.9 311.7 290.4 325.4 4.65 7 700 3216 9.8 -9.6 24 19.4 1.2 76 12 313.4 313.9 289.3 321.9 2.64 8 650 3826 5.4 -10.4 31 15.9 -1.4 67 9 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.8 2.65 9 600 4474 1.6 -16.2 25 17.8 -5.0 74 5 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.0 1.80 10 550 5170 -1.5 -29.5 10 28.0 -9.1 38 6 322.3 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.60 11 500 5923 -5.2 -41.3 4 36.0 -12.5 44 14 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.21 12 450 6741 -9.8 -47.1 3 37.3 -16.0 43 21 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.12 13 400 7639 -15.8 -46.9 5 31.2 -20.4 34 22 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.14 14 350 8631 -22.1 -53.0 4 30.9 -25.5 18 26 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.08 15 300 9744 -31.7 -46.6 22 14.8 -33.2 18 19 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.19 16 250 11003 -42.3 -57.8 17 15.6 -43.0 27 16 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 17 200 12469 -54.6 -65.9 23 11.3 -54.8 1 12 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14260 -65.1 -77.9 15 12.8 -65.2 38 12 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.6 -85.4 7 16.8 -68.7 106 8 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.98 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4837.66 m = 15871.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.59 mb = 3496.16 m = 11470.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.44 mb = 1444.91 m = 4740.46 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 35.07 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1407.53 m = 4617.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.82 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 18.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.95 mb = 1370.17 m = 4495.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.95 mb = 1419.85 m = 4658.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.95 mb = 13266.46 m = 43524.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1238.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.95 mb = 16346.78 m = 53630.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.9 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 101.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -4.0 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 435.13 Bulk Shear: 2.86 m/s