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: 30.66,-96.31 Latitude: 30.66 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 32.1 22.5 57 9.6 25.0 132 9 304.7 307.9 298.0 356.5 17.33 1 1000 143 31.6 22.3 58 9.3 24.8 133 11 304.7 307.9 298.0 356.2 17.23 2 950 602 27.1 21.6 72 5.5 23.0 126 13 304.7 307.9 298.0 356.4 17.32 3 900 1078 22.6 20.5 87 2.2 21.1 119 13 304.8 308.0 297.8 355.8 17.06 4 850 1574 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 109 12 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.5 16.64 5 800 2095 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 110 9 307.8 310.5 296.6 350.0 13.96 6 750 2639 11.5 7.3 75 4.2 8.9 64 2 309.1 310.7 293.2 335.3 8.60 7 700 3214 10.2 -7.5 28 17.7 2.0 77 5 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.8 3.11 8 650 3827 7.3 -12.4 23 19.7 -1.0 118 1 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.7 2.26 9 600 4479 3.5 -21.3 14 24.8 -5.0 284 4 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.16 10 550 5179 -0.7 -17.5 27 16.9 -6.8 319 7 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.3 1.76 11 500 5934 -4.9 -15.7 42 10.9 -9.0 316 10 327.1 327.6 293.0 334.8 2.24 12 450 6754 -9.8 -27.7 22 17.9 -14.6 301 16 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.87 13 400 7652 -16.1 -28.6 33 12.6 -19.1 307 13 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.4 0.90 14 350 8643 -23.4 -36.1 30 12.7 -25.6 304 11 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.50 15 300 9752 -31.8 -52.7 11 20.9 -33.5 299 13 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.10 16 250 11012 -42.1 -54.7 24 12.6 -42.8 262 6 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.8 0.09 17 200 12481 -53.7 -64.3 26 10.7 -53.9 332 3 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14279 -65.0 -79.3 12 14.3 -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 7 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.66 m Freezing level: 557.94 mb = 5067.71 m = 16626.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.98 mb = 3613.36 m = 11854.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.45 mb = 1307.90 m = 4290.95 ft T: 21.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 32.66 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1504.50 m = 4935.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.66 C = 92.60 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 25.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2092.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.98 mb = 1312.63 m = 4306.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.98 mb = 1665.71 m = 5464.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.98 mb = 14238.88 m = 46714.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2067.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.8 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 126.8 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -141.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -19.0 tot: -15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 348.49 Bulk Shear: 6.00 m/s