MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.55,-96.28 Latitude: 30.55 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 1008 78 29.6 24.7 75 4.9 25.9 164 6 302.0 305.7 298.8 360.6 19.78 1 1000 148 29.3 23.8 72 5.5 25.2 167 9 302.5 305.9 298.4 358.3 18.85 2 950 604 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.6 149 9 303.7 306.8 297.5 354.2 17.00 3 900 1079 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 139 9 304.2 307.2 297.2 352.5 16.22 4 850 1574 18.5 16.6 89 1.8 17.2 145 7 305.5 308.1 296.1 347.8 14.15 5 800 2092 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 14.0 204 5 307.5 309.7 295.3 343.8 12.05 6 750 2637 12.2 10.3 88 1.9 11.0 257 6 309.9 311.9 294.8 342.1 10.57 7 700 3214 9.4 7.5 88 1.9 8.2 272 4 312.9 314.7 294.7 341.8 9.33 8 650 3827 6.5 4.0 84 2.5 5.0 298 4 316.3 317.8 294.6 341.0 7.87 9 600 4480 3.0 -0.2 79 3.2 1.2 296 1 319.6 320.8 294.3 339.7 6.28 10 550 5181 -0.7 -5.6 70 4.8 -3.1 305 5 323.2 324.1 293.9 338.3 4.60 11 500 5935 -5.0 -20.8 28 15.8 -10.2 302 7 327.0 327.3 292.3 332.1 1.46 12 450 6757 -9.6 -23.7 31 14.1 -13.9 327 7 331.1 331.4 293.2 335.6 1.26 13 400 7655 -15.9 -27.9 35 12.1 -18.9 2 6 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.96 14 350 8646 -23.0 -36.8 27 13.9 -25.4 321 1 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.6 0.46 15 300 9758 -31.5 -46.9 20 15.5 -33.0 200 4 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.19 16 250 11018 -42.8 -50.5 42 7.7 -43.3 296 5 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12482 -53.6 -62.2 34 8.6 -53.8 285 9 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14283 -65.5 -77.7 17 12.2 -65.6 352 20 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16701 -71.0 -85.0 11 14.0 -71.1 14 13 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.47 m Freezing level: 559.98 mb = 5040.88 m = 16538.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.82 mb = 4672.58 m = 15329.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.46 mb = 702.23 m = 2303.87 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 28.50 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1291.96 m = 4238.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.63 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1970.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.89 mb = 1118.64 m = 3670.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.89 mb = 1463.53 m = 4801.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.89 mb = 14246.18 m = 46738.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1944.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 215.41 Bulk Shear: 9.15 m/s