MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.60,-96.37 Latitude: 30.60 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 81 25.7 24.0 91 1.7 24.5 129 3 298.0 301.5 297.3 353.3 18.98 1 1000 163 25.7 23.6 88 2.1 24.2 148 7 298.8 302.2 297.3 353.2 18.64 2 950 616 24.1 21.1 83 3.0 21.9 181 14 301.6 304.7 296.9 351.1 16.79 3 900 1088 21.3 18.8 85 2.6 19.5 156 15 303.5 306.3 296.4 349.0 15.32 4 850 1582 18.2 15.0 82 3.2 16.0 130 19 305.2 307.6 295.1 343.2 12.71 5 800 2099 14.8 8.9 68 5.9 11.2 124 15 307.0 308.6 292.9 334.2 8.98 6 750 2643 12.4 4.7 59 7.7 7.9 117 13 310.0 311.4 292.3 332.1 7.16 7 700 3219 9.9 2.3 59 7.5 5.6 105 11 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.7 6.48 8 650 3832 6.5 -0.8 59 7.3 2.6 94 9 316.3 317.4 292.8 334.0 5.54 9 600 4484 2.4 -2.4 70 4.9 -0.1 65 5 318.9 320.0 293.3 336.1 5.34 10 550 5183 -1.3 -5.4 74 4.1 -3.3 3 5 322.5 323.5 293.8 337.8 4.66 11 500 5936 -5.5 -16.5 41 11.0 -9.6 322 9 326.4 326.8 292.7 333.6 2.10 12 450 6756 -10.0 -29.1 19 19.1 -15.0 327 14 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.76 13 400 7653 -16.3 -33.0 22 16.7 -19.9 339 15 333.8 333.9 293.3 336.0 0.59 14 350 8642 -23.8 -34.1 38 10.3 -25.7 335 12 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.9 0.61 15 300 9750 -31.8 -49.7 15 17.9 -33.4 321 10 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.14 16 250 11010 -42.3 -54.3 26 12.0 -42.9 359 7 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.6 0.10 17 200 12476 -54.3 -64.4 28 10.1 -54.5 331 11 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14269 -64.4 -77.4 15 13.0 -64.5 19 18 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.2 -85.5 12 13.4 -72.2 359 7 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.59 m Freezing level: 567.37 mb = 4940.15 m = 16207.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.81 mb = 4459.39 m = 14630.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.87 mb = 288.55 m = 946.69 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.62 mb = 1256.79 m = 4123.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 31.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1345.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.29 mb = 864.95 m = 2837.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.29 mb = 1700.44 m = 5578.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.29 mb = 13192.24 m = 43281.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.3 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 149.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -46.2 tot: -45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 152.81 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s