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: 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 1010 81 23.9 23.7 98 0.3 23.8 97 3 296.2 299.5 296.5 349.6 18.50 1 1000 172 25.1 23.3 90 1.8 23.8 121 7 298.3 301.6 297.0 351.6 18.33 2 950 623 22.6 21.4 93 1.2 21.7 176 5 300.1 303.2 296.7 350.2 17.09 3 900 1093 19.6 16.5 83 3.0 17.5 159 10 301.7 304.1 294.5 340.8 13.26 4 850 1583 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.1 159 13 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.0 10.76 5 800 2099 14.2 10.4 77 3.9 11.8 162 10 306.3 308.2 293.4 336.2 9.92 6 750 2642 12.2 4.8 60 7.4 7.9 146 6 309.9 311.2 292.3 332.1 7.22 7 700 3218 9.9 -1.0 47 10.8 4.1 122 4 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.4 5.09 8 650 3830 6.3 -0.0 64 6.3 2.9 84 5 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.7 5.89 9 600 4481 1.6 -1.5 80 3.1 -0.0 51 7 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.3 5.73 10 550 5177 -2.5 -6.1 76 3.6 -4.3 360 6 321.1 322.0 293.2 335.5 4.40 11 500 5929 -6.1 -11.3 67 5.2 -8.3 359 11 325.6 326.3 293.4 336.5 3.23 12 450 6747 -10.5 -24.0 32 13.5 -14.5 349 14 330.0 330.2 292.9 334.4 1.22 13 400 7643 -16.6 -29.3 33 12.6 -19.6 356 16 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.5 0.85 14 350 8630 -23.7 -33.4 40 9.8 -25.5 351 12 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.3 0.65 15 300 9739 -32.3 -38.8 53 6.4 -33.2 12 13 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.5 0.45 16 250 10996 -43.0 -50.2 45 7.2 -43.4 333 8 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.16 17 200 12457 -55.7 -61.0 51 5.3 -55.8 355 15 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14253 -64.6 -80.4 10 15.8 -64.7 341 11 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16672 -71.5 -85.4 11 14.0 -71.5 13 19 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.79 m Freezing level: 580.46 mb = 4753.36 m = 15594.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.67 mb = 4472.33 m = 14672.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.91 mb = 112.03 m = 367.56 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 926.62 m = 3040.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 24.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1131.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.01 mb = 733.48 m = 2406.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.01 mb = 1159.74 m = 3804.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.01 mb = 13011.36 m = 42687.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.01 mb = 15942.32 m = 52303.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 115.1 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 145.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 914.94 Bulk Shear: 1.24 m/s