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: 30.58,-96.37 Latitude: 30.58 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 80 34.0 21.0 47 13.0 24.5 80 4 306.3 309.3 297.4 353.4 15.66 1 1000 160 31.1 20.3 53 10.8 23.3 81 4 304.3 307.1 296.5 349.4 15.17 2 950 617 26.3 19.3 65 7.0 21.3 82 4 303.9 306.6 296.3 348.4 14.98 3 900 1091 21.6 18.3 81 3.3 19.3 83 4 303.8 306.5 296.2 348.0 14.88 4 850 1584 17.3 14.5 84 2.8 15.5 130 4 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.1 12.34 5 800 2100 15.0 6.5 57 8.6 9.9 143 7 307.2 308.6 291.8 330.3 7.60 6 750 2644 13.2 -6.7 24 19.9 3.8 151 4 310.9 311.5 288.9 320.7 3.08 7 700 3220 9.6 -13.4 18 23.0 0.2 150 4 313.1 313.5 288.6 319.4 1.94 8 650 3831 7.0 -25.7 8 32.7 -3.3 140 8 316.8 317.0 288.5 319.4 0.72 9 600 4482 2.4 -6.9 50 9.3 -2.0 163 7 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.2 3.80 10 550 5180 -0.9 -17.9 26 17.0 -7.1 267 2 323.0 323.3 291.4 328.8 1.70 11 500 5936 -4.3 -23.0 22 18.7 -10.3 315 9 327.8 328.0 292.3 332.0 1.20 12 450 6755 -10.5 -24.4 31 13.9 -14.5 325 13 330.0 330.3 292.9 334.3 1.18 13 400 7651 -16.5 -27.8 37 11.3 -19.3 324 10 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.1 0.97 14 350 8641 -22.9 -37.8 24 15.0 -25.4 313 9 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.42 15 300 9751 -32.0 -53.1 11 21.0 -33.7 293 11 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.09 16 250 11010 -42.6 -52.4 33 9.8 -43.2 6 11 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.12 17 200 12474 -54.6 -62.0 39 7.5 -54.8 71 6 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.05 18 150 14265 -65.0 -80.6 10 15.6 -65.1 345 6 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16688 -70.7 -84.8 11 14.0 -70.8 3 13 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.97 m Freezing level: 563.89 mb = 4986.19 m = 16358.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.22 mb = 3252.69 m = 10671.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.69 mb = 1718.55 m = 5638.21 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 34.00 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.61 mb = 1547.56 m = 5077.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 2.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 13.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 796.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.37 mb = 1519.76 m = 4986.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.37 mb = 1671.06 m = 5482.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.37 mb = 2407.53 m = 7898.62 ft B at Equ Level: 7.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.37 mb = 15530.89 m = 50953.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.4 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 171.4 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 280.45 Bulk Shear: 2.84 m/s