MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.71,-96.28 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 32.6 22.0 54 10.6 24.9 149 5 305.0 308.2 297.7 355.2 16.77 1 1000 166 30.2 21.4 59 8.8 23.8 150 5 303.4 306.4 297.0 351.5 16.23 2 950 621 25.5 20.4 74 5.1 21.9 155 5 303.1 306.0 296.8 350.8 16.12 3 900 1095 20.8 19.4 91 1.5 19.8 161 5 303.0 305.9 296.7 350.2 15.92 4 850 1587 16.8 15.1 90 1.7 15.7 220 7 303.7 306.1 294.7 341.8 12.80 5 800 2102 14.8 8.0 64 6.8 10.7 200 7 306.9 308.5 292.4 332.6 8.47 6 750 2647 12.8 4.4 57 8.4 7.9 189 6 310.4 311.8 292.3 332.0 6.99 7 700 3223 9.9 -3.1 40 13.0 3.4 214 5 313.5 314.3 290.9 327.3 4.36 8 650 3836 6.7 -2.3 53 8.9 2.0 192 4 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.4 4.99 9 600 4487 2.0 -2.6 71 4.6 -0.4 352 2 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.26 10 550 5185 -2.0 -6.3 72 4.3 -4.1 322 6 321.7 322.6 293.3 335.9 4.33 11 500 5936 -6.0 -16.4 43 10.5 -9.8 332 9 325.8 326.2 292.5 333.0 2.12 12 450 6755 -10.3 -18.3 52 8.0 -13.0 357 9 330.3 330.8 293.7 337.4 2.01 13 400 7652 -16.5 -24.8 49 8.3 -18.8 21 10 333.5 333.7 293.9 338.1 1.28 14 350 8641 -23.4 -35.4 32 12.0 -25.6 34 8 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.54 15 300 9751 -31.9 -44.6 27 12.7 -33.3 75 3 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.24 16 250 11008 -43.0 -52.0 36 9.1 -43.5 356 9 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.12 17 200 12470 -54.2 -63.1 33 8.9 -54.4 333 4 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14273 -64.4 -78.5 13 14.1 -64.6 332 19 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16693 -72.7 -85.0 14 12.2 -72.8 15 15 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.93 m Freezing level: 575.08 mb = 4834.96 m = 15862.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.13 mb = 4377.88 m = 14362.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.82 mb = 1428.07 m = 4685.22 ft T: 18.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.84 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1287.34 m = 4223.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 24.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1346.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.17 mb = 1276.62 m = 4188.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.17 mb = 1325.63 m = 4349.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.17 mb = 13265.11 m = 43520.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1331.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.17 mb = 16335.44 m = 53593.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 296.79 Bulk Shear: 4.54 m/s