MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 24.6 23.9 96 0.7 24.1 100 2 297.0 300.4 296.9 351.3 18.78 1 1000 163 25.4 23.4 89 2.0 24.0 144 5 298.6 301.9 297.1 352.2 18.41 2 950 614 23.5 21.2 87 2.3 21.9 190 9 301.0 304.1 296.8 350.7 16.90 3 900 1085 20.4 17.2 82 3.2 18.2 145 14 302.5 305.1 295.2 343.6 13.89 4 850 1578 17.4 14.0 80 3.4 15.2 143 18 304.4 306.6 294.3 340.0 11.92 5 800 2094 14.9 8.7 66 6.2 11.0 146 13 307.0 308.6 292.7 333.8 8.85 6 750 2638 12.1 5.9 66 6.2 8.5 151 8 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.7 7.80 7 700 3214 9.8 1.8 57 8.1 5.4 98 7 313.4 314.6 292.5 332.9 6.23 8 650 3826 6.4 -1.8 56 8.2 2.1 73 8 316.2 317.2 292.4 332.7 5.16 9 600 4477 1.8 -2.5 73 4.3 -0.4 50 7 318.2 319.2 293.1 335.2 5.30 10 550 5174 -2.4 -5.6 78 3.2 -4.0 354 5 321.2 322.1 293.3 336.1 4.57 11 500 5926 -5.6 -18.0 37 12.4 -10.1 331 12 326.2 326.5 292.4 332.6 1.85 12 450 6745 -9.9 -28.2 21 18.4 -14.7 333 15 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.83 13 400 7642 -16.2 -34.6 19 18.4 -20.0 340 16 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.8 0.51 14 350 8631 -23.5 -44.2 13 20.7 -26.3 336 13 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.21 15 300 9740 -32.0 -48.2 19 16.2 -33.5 338 13 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.16 16 250 11000 -42.7 -53.2 31 10.5 -43.3 353 10 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.11 17 200 12461 -55.1 -63.0 37 7.9 -55.3 345 15 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14253 -65.0 -80.5 10 15.6 -65.1 21 12 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -72.3 -85.8 11 13.4 -72.4 3 14 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.13 m Freezing level: 578.65 mb = 4774.86 m = 15665.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.71 mb = 4360.18 m = 14304.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.06 mb = 170.86 m = 560.55 ft T: 25.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1104.20 m = 3622.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 821.77 m = 2696.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.66 mb = 1450.41 m = 4758.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.66 mb = 13376.92 m = 43887.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1148.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.66 mb = 15958.78 m = 52357.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.5 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 148.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: -18.8 tot: -16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 173.56 Bulk Shear: 6.74 m/s