MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.40,-96.25 Latitude: 30.40 Longitude: -96.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 29.6 24.0 72 5.6 25.4 139 9 302.1 305.5 298.3 358.1 18.96 1 1000 146 29.1 23.6 72 5.5 25.0 140 12 302.2 305.7 298.1 357.3 18.60 2 950 602 25.2 22.4 85 2.7 23.2 135 15 302.7 306.1 298.1 357.0 18.29 3 900 1076 21.6 20.9 95 0.8 21.1 130 15 303.8 307.1 297.9 356.0 17.53 4 850 1572 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 117 14 306.3 309.4 297.9 356.0 16.56 5 800 2092 15.8 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 91 11 308.0 310.6 296.7 350.1 13.93 6 750 2638 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.6 47 6 309.9 311.8 294.5 340.9 10.13 7 700 3214 10.2 3.7 64 6.5 6.5 76 6 313.8 315.2 293.3 336.2 7.16 8 650 3828 7.0 -2.1 52 9.1 2.2 143 2 316.8 317.8 292.5 332.9 5.03 9 600 4481 3.4 -17.9 19 21.3 -4.4 276 6 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.4 1.56 10 550 5180 -0.5 -26.2 12 25.7 -8.2 309 9 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.3 0.82 11 500 5935 -4.9 -21.1 27 16.3 -10.2 318 10 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.1 1.41 12 450 6755 -9.8 -28.5 20 18.8 -14.7 304 15 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.9 0.81 13 400 7652 -16.1 -30.8 27 14.7 -19.5 312 13 334.1 334.2 293.5 336.8 0.74 14 350 8643 -23.0 -43.4 14 20.4 -25.9 301 11 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.23 15 300 9753 -31.8 -53.3 10 21.5 -33.6 302 13 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.09 16 250 11013 -42.1 -54.9 23 12.9 -42.8 246 4 343.5 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.09 17 200 12482 -53.7 -65.7 22 11.9 -54.0 328 3 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14280 -65.0 -79.3 12 14.3 -65.1 9 13 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16699 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.4 31 8 387.9 387.9 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.15 m Freezing level: 556.88 mb = 5083.64 m = 16678.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.48 mb = 4037.78 m = 13247.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.92 mb = 789.12 m = 2588.94 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 30.65 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1102.24 m = 3616.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.69 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2226.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.01 mb = 950.01 m = 3116.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.01 mb = 1490.27 m = 4889.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.01 mb = 14359.33 m = 47110.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2198.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 132.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -150.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -43.1 tot: -41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 292.27 Bulk Shear: 7.62 m/s