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: 30.63,-96.25 Latitude: 30.63 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 1007 83 31.9 22.7 58 9.3 25.1 134 9 304.5 307.7 298.0 356.6 17.46 1 1000 144 31.4 22.5 59 8.9 24.8 135 11 304.5 307.7 298.0 356.4 17.40 2 950 602 26.8 21.7 73 5.1 23.1 127 13 304.4 307.7 298.0 356.4 17.44 3 900 1078 22.3 20.6 90 1.7 21.1 122 13 304.5 307.7 297.9 356.0 17.27 4 850 1574 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 110 12 306.5 309.6 298.1 356.8 16.73 5 800 2094 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.6 106 10 307.9 310.5 296.7 350.2 14.01 6 750 2639 11.5 7.7 77 3.8 9.2 46 2 309.1 310.7 293.3 336.0 8.81 7 700 3214 10.3 -7.1 29 17.3 2.1 77 5 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.2 3.21 8 650 3827 7.3 -12.6 23 19.9 -1.1 121 1 317.2 317.6 290.1 324.5 2.23 9 600 4479 3.5 -21.8 14 25.3 -5.0 283 5 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.1 1.12 10 550 5179 -0.6 -19.3 23 18.6 -7.2 318 7 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.51 11 500 5934 -4.9 -15.5 43 10.6 -8.9 317 10 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.9 2.29 12 450 6754 -9.8 -27.5 22 17.7 -14.6 302 16 331.0 331.1 292.9 334.2 0.89 13 400 7652 -16.0 -28.7 33 12.6 -19.1 307 13 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.90 14 350 8643 -23.3 -36.8 28 13.5 -25.6 304 11 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.1 0.47 15 300 9752 -31.8 -53.2 10 21.4 -33.6 300 13 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.09 16 250 11012 -42.1 -54.6 24 12.5 -42.8 261 6 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.8 0.09 17 200 12481 -53.7 -64.3 26 10.7 -53.9 340 3 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14279 -65.0 -79.4 12 14.4 -65.1 358 13 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16699 -72.3 -84.9 13 12.6 -72.3 30 7 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.04 m Freezing level: 557.46 mb = 5074.45 m = 16648.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.97 mb = 3613.50 m = 11855.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.63 C = 92.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.78 mb = 1264.99 m = 4150.18 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 32.59 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1454.89 m = 4773.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 26.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2120.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.97 mb = 1263.12 m = 4144.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.97 mb = 1716.69 m = 5632.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.97 mb = 14035.53 m = 46047.77 ft B at Equ Level: 2114.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.5 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 126.5 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -148.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -24.5 tot: -21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 321.46 Bulk Shear: 6.59 m/s