MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 29.83,-95.38 Latitude: 29.83 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 26.4 25.4 95 0.9 25.7 46 3 298.0 301.8 298.2 357.8 20.51 1 1000 172 26.3 23.7 85 2.6 24.4 69 7 299.4 302.8 297.5 354.2 18.70 2 950 625 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 97 3 300.0 303.3 297.0 351.7 17.64 3 900 1095 19.5 16.8 84 2.7 17.7 151 9 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.48 4 850 1585 16.7 11.7 72 5.0 13.5 156 11 303.6 305.5 292.8 333.9 10.19 5 800 2100 14.0 9.3 73 4.7 11.1 177 8 306.1 307.8 292.8 334.0 9.24 6 750 2642 12.0 3.2 55 8.8 7.0 172 4 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.4 6.43 7 700 3217 9.8 -4.6 36 14.4 2.7 125 2 313.3 314.1 290.5 325.7 3.89 8 650 3829 6.6 -4.0 47 10.6 1.3 74 4 316.4 317.2 291.8 330.4 4.36 9 600 4481 1.6 -2.4 75 4.0 -0.4 35 6 318.0 319.0 293.1 335.2 5.36 10 550 5177 -2.1 -6.9 70 4.8 -4.4 16 8 321.5 322.3 293.1 335.1 4.14 11 500 5928 -6.3 -13.1 58 6.9 -9.0 357 13 325.4 326.0 293.0 334.8 2.78 12 450 6746 -10.4 -28.6 21 18.2 -15.2 360 15 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.0 0.80 13 400 7642 -16.6 -33.5 22 16.9 -20.2 354 14 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.5 0.56 14 350 8630 -23.7 -40.4 20 16.7 -26.2 352 11 336.9 336.9 293.9 338.1 0.32 15 300 9737 -32.2 -47.3 21 15.1 -33.7 5 13 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.6 0.18 16 250 10995 -43.0 -53.4 31 10.4 -43.5 13 13 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.11 17 200 12456 -55.5 -61.6 46 6.1 -55.6 1 15 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14248 -65.1 -78.6 14 13.5 -65.2 6 9 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16667 -71.3 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.3 18 17 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.55 m Freezing level: 578.42 mb = 4781.09 m = 15685.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.21 mb = 4303.50 m = 14118.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.42 mb = 132.92 m = 436.09 ft T: 26.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.09 mb = 734.64 m = 2410.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 20.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1684.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.12 mb = 660.53 m = 2167.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.12 mb = 799.38 m = 2622.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.12 mb = 13427.09 m = 44051.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1680.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.9 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 111.9 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 5179.03 Bulk Shear: 0.33 m/s