MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1011 81 28.5 24.1 77 4.4 25.3 108 4 300.7 304.2 298.0 356.6 19.03 1 1000 180 26.4 23.6 84 2.8 24.3 109 5 299.6 303.0 297.5 354.1 18.64 2 950 631 22.5 21.2 92 1.3 21.6 130 6 300.0 303.1 296.5 349.6 16.93 3 900 1101 19.5 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 165 7 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.47 4 850 1591 16.8 11.7 72 5.1 13.6 190 8 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.3 10.23 5 800 2107 15.0 8.2 64 6.7 10.9 167 7 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.1 8.58 6 750 2651 12.8 3.5 53 9.3 7.5 148 5 310.5 311.8 292.0 330.9 6.59 7 700 3228 10.1 -3.5 38 13.6 3.2 161 4 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.23 8 650 3840 6.5 -1.2 58 7.6 2.4 128 4 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.5 5.41 9 600 4492 1.6 -1.9 78 3.5 -0.3 60 4 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.7 5.55 10 550 5188 -2.3 -5.5 79 3.2 -3.8 341 4 321.4 322.3 293.4 336.5 4.63 11 500 5938 -7.1 -9.4 84 2.3 -8.1 350 8 324.4 325.2 293.6 337.0 3.76 12 450 6756 -10.3 -26.7 25 16.4 -14.8 358 11 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.8 0.96 13 400 7651 -16.9 -28.0 38 11.1 -19.6 360 13 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.96 14 350 8639 -23.4 -37.5 26 14.1 -25.8 24 10 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.9 0.44 15 300 9748 -32.2 -40.7 43 8.4 -33.3 51 9 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.4 0.36 16 250 11004 -43.0 -50.6 43 7.5 -43.5 353 9 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.15 17 200 12466 -55.4 -61.4 47 6.0 -55.5 3 10 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14265 -64.2 -80.7 9 16.5 -64.3 336 17 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16685 -71.3 -84.8 12 13.5 -71.4 17 17 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.02 m Freezing level: 579.51 mb = 4776.87 m = 15671.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.07 mb = 4423.11 m = 14511.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.49 mb = 636.04 m = 2086.72 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 29.54 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.90 mb = 901.56 m = 2957.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 2.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.77 C K Index: 22.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.78 mb = 799.56 m = 2623.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.78 mb = 1035.78 m = 3398.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.78 mb = 13237.47 m = 43429.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.78 mb = 16293.79 m = 53456.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.7 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 165.7 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3342.33 Bulk Shear: 0.39 m/s