MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 28.79,-93.37 Latitude: 28.79 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 -1 29.7 24.3 73 5.4 25.7 89 4 301.2 304.7 298.2 357.5 19.08 1 1000 164 28.0 23.2 75 4.8 24.5 89 4 301.1 304.5 297.7 354.8 18.21 2 950 619 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.8 90 4 301.1 304.5 297.7 354.9 18.27 3 900 1090 20.1 18.1 88 2.0 18.7 55 2 302.2 304.9 295.6 345.4 14.63 4 850 1582 17.2 11.1 67 6.1 13.3 278 3 304.1 306.0 292.6 333.4 9.81 5 800 2099 15.0 11.8 81 3.2 12.9 272 7 307.1 309.2 294.4 340.2 10.95 6 750 2643 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.0 274 5 309.4 311.2 294.0 338.8 9.62 7 700 3218 8.8 0.7 57 8.1 4.4 301 5 312.2 313.3 291.7 330.2 5.75 8 650 3827 5.9 -17.6 17 23.5 -2.8 330 5 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.6 1.47 9 600 4477 2.1 -14.5 28 16.6 -4.4 115 1 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.08 10 550 5175 0.0 -21.9 17 21.9 -7.3 167 4 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.3 1.21 11 500 5933 -3.9 -24.7 18 20.7 -10.3 325 5 328.2 328.5 292.2 332.0 1.04 12 450 6754 -10.2 -26.5 25 16.3 -14.7 359 8 330.4 330.6 292.8 333.9 0.98 13 400 7650 -16.1 -31.5 25 15.5 -19.6 51 5 334.1 334.3 293.5 336.7 0.68 14 350 8641 -23.2 -44.9 12 21.7 -26.1 22 7 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.20 15 300 9750 -32.1 -51.4 13 19.3 -33.7 15 16 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.11 16 250 11008 -43.1 -53.2 32 10.2 -43.6 40 9 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.11 17 200 12470 -54.9 -62.0 41 7.1 -55.1 62 11 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14257 -65.9 -74.2 30 8.3 -66.0 342 7 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16679 -70.7 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 52 4 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.42 m Freezing level: 549.87 mb = 5177.42 m = 16986.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.41 mb = 3585.24 m = 11762.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.44 mb = 689.04 m = 2260.60 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 877.53 m = 2878.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: 5.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.02 C K Index: 24.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1946.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.06 mb = 813.56 m = 2669.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.06 mb = 955.37 m = 3134.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.06 mb = 14090.79 m = 46229.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1928.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.8 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 328.8 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 215.25 Bulk Shear: 9.04 m/s