MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 28.61,-93.91 Latitude: 28.61 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 29.6 25.3 78 4.3 26.4 256 1 301.2 305.0 299.0 361.3 20.35 1 1000 159 27.9 23.7 78 4.1 24.8 256 1 301.0 304.5 298.0 356.3 18.79 2 950 614 23.5 22.9 96 0.6 23.0 253 1 301.0 304.5 298.0 356.3 18.76 3 900 1086 20.2 17.1 82 3.1 18.1 250 2 302.3 304.9 295.1 343.1 13.79 4 850 1577 18.1 12.4 69 5.8 14.4 235 7 305.2 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.67 5 800 2095 15.2 11.9 81 3.2 13.0 220 8 307.3 309.4 294.4 340.6 11.02 6 750 2640 12.3 6.9 69 5.4 9.0 222 6 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.5 8.34 7 700 3215 9.3 -0.0 52 9.3 4.3 275 4 312.7 313.8 291.7 329.9 5.46 8 650 3826 6.1 -10.9 28 17.0 -1.2 349 3 315.9 316.4 290.0 324.2 2.55 9 600 4476 2.1 -17.3 22 19.5 -5.0 76 6 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.1 1.64 10 550 5173 -0.4 -27.3 11 27.0 -8.2 112 9 323.6 323.8 290.6 326.3 0.74 11 500 5930 -4.1 -26.9 15 22.9 -10.7 22 3 328.1 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.84 12 450 6751 -10.2 -25.4 27 15.3 -14.5 12 11 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.3 1.07 13 400 7647 -16.3 -31.0 27 14.7 -19.7 34 13 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.4 0.72 14 350 8637 -23.3 -44.1 13 20.8 -26.1 29 10 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.22 15 300 9746 -31.9 -50.0 15 18.1 -33.6 46 15 340.3 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 16 250 11003 -42.8 -55.1 25 12.3 -43.5 54 15 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.09 17 200 12468 -54.7 -64.6 28 9.9 -54.9 68 13 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14258 -66.2 -73.8 34 7.6 -66.3 325 5 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16676 -70.2 -84.8 10 14.6 -70.2 49 7 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.44 m Freezing level: 557.54 mb = 5068.14 m = 16627.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.99 mb = 3687.44 m = 12097.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.13 mb = 547.79 m = 1797.18 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 24.19 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.88 mb = 800.82 m = 2627.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 16.43 C K Index: 25.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2148.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.27 mb = 750.47 m = 2462.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.27 mb = 891.40 m = 2924.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.27 mb = 14246.74 m = 46740.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2130.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.2 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 223.2 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -4.3 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 808.94 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s