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: 31.43,-95.65 Latitude: 31.43 Longitude: -95.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 22.6 20.5 88 2.2 21.1 85 5 295.0 297.7 293.9 338.4 15.17 1 1000 176 23.8 18.4 71 5.5 20.1 93 11 297.0 299.4 293.2 335.7 13.39 2 950 626 22.4 21.9 97 0.5 22.1 178 7 299.9 303.2 297.0 351.8 17.73 3 900 1096 19.9 19.0 94 1.0 19.3 187 12 302.1 304.9 296.1 347.9 15.51 4 850 1587 16.6 13.3 81 3.2 14.4 173 17 303.5 305.6 293.6 337.3 11.38 5 800 2102 14.1 7.2 63 7.0 10.0 177 12 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.3 7.96 6 750 2645 11.6 8.9 84 2.7 9.9 157 6 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.4 9.59 7 700 3220 8.7 4.9 77 3.7 6.5 128 1 312.1 313.5 293.4 336.2 7.79 8 650 3830 5.0 2.5 84 2.5 3.5 7 5 314.6 316.0 293.5 336.7 7.05 9 600 4479 1.1 -0.6 88 1.7 0.1 5 11 317.4 318.6 293.5 336.8 6.10 10 550 5174 -2.6 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.1 358 9 321.0 321.8 293.3 335.9 4.57 11 500 5924 -6.5 -18.8 37 12.3 -10.7 328 17 325.1 325.4 292.0 331.1 1.73 12 450 6740 -11.2 -20.8 45 9.6 -14.2 337 24 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.9 1.63 13 400 7634 -16.8 -23.4 57 6.6 -18.7 350 25 333.1 333.4 293.9 338.3 1.45 14 350 8624 -22.9 -37.6 25 14.8 -25.4 2 17 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.6 0.43 15 300 9735 -31.9 -45.1 26 13.2 -33.3 351 11 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.23 16 250 10992 -43.3 -54.9 27 11.7 -43.9 336 16 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12452 -55.2 -60.9 49 5.7 -55.3 333 17 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14245 -64.6 -80.2 10 15.6 -64.7 323 20 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.00 19 100 16671 -71.3 -84.9 12 13.5 -71.4 351 20 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.97 m Freezing level: 585.44 mb = 4681.17 m = 15357.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.38 mb = 4500.40 m = 14764.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.49 mb = 366.98 m = 1204.00 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.45 mb = 1197.60 m = 3929.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.54 mb = 796.58 m = 2613.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.54 mb = 1621.98 m = 5321.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.54 mb = 12560.32 m = 41207.91 ft B at Equ Level: 574.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.54 mb = 14807.47 m = 48580.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 89.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 119.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -23.9 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 235.55 Bulk Shear: 2.48 m/s