MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.71,-96.49 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 93 35.9 21.3 43 14.6 25.2 156 8 308.6 311.6 298.2 357.3 16.05 1 1000 140 33.8 21.0 47 12.8 24.5 156 8 306.9 309.9 297.6 354.5 15.81 2 950 601 28.8 19.8 58 9.0 22.3 158 9 306.4 309.3 297.3 352.9 15.48 3 900 1079 24.0 19.0 73 5.1 20.4 160 9 306.3 309.2 297.3 352.9 15.51 4 850 1577 19.2 18.1 93 1.1 18.4 161 9 306.3 309.2 297.3 353.0 15.54 5 800 2096 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.5 223 6 307.7 310.0 295.7 346.0 12.68 6 750 2641 12.1 9.0 82 3.0 10.2 237 6 309.7 311.5 294.1 339.3 9.69 7 700 3217 9.5 1.4 57 8.1 5.1 194 5 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.1 6.08 8 650 3830 7.2 -3.1 48 10.3 1.9 171 7 317.1 318.0 292.3 332.1 4.68 9 600 4482 2.3 -3.8 64 6.1 -0.7 176 6 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.3 4.83 10 550 5180 -1.5 -10.7 50 9.2 -5.5 287 6 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.07 11 500 5933 -5.3 -18.1 36 12.8 -9.8 317 11 326.6 327.0 292.5 333.0 1.85 12 450 6753 -9.8 -17.8 52 8.0 -12.7 337 7 330.9 331.3 293.9 338.2 2.09 13 400 7652 -16.0 -32.0 24 16.1 -19.6 360 8 334.3 334.4 293.5 336.7 0.65 14 350 8641 -23.4 -36.2 30 12.8 -25.6 314 5 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.50 15 300 9751 -32.0 -46.2 23 14.1 -33.5 243 5 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 16 250 11009 -42.5 -53.9 28 11.4 -43.2 296 6 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.10 17 200 12478 -52.6 -66.5 17 13.9 -52.9 333 6 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14283 -65.0 -80.1 11 15.1 -65.1 349 21 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16697 -72.0 -84.3 14 12.3 -72.1 18 14 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.17 m Freezing level: 570.14 mb = 4899.02 m = 16072.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.07 mb = 4293.42 m = 14085.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.84 % Est. max temperature: 33.59 C = 92.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.98 mb = 1937.04 m = 6355.05 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1777.77 m = 5832.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.13 C = 93.43 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1588.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.64 mb = 1743.11 m = 5718.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.64 mb = 1898.65 m = 6229.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.64 mb = 13548.19 m = 44448.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1573.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.8 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 229.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 374.27 Bulk Shear: 4.25 m/s