MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.48,-95.14 Latitude: 30.48 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 64 28.4 25.3 83 3.1 26.1 160 6 300.7 304.5 299.0 361.3 20.54 1 1000 149 27.7 24.9 85 2.7 25.6 162 9 300.8 304.5 298.8 360.5 20.26 2 950 604 24.5 23.6 95 0.9 23.9 156 15 302.0 305.6 298.7 360.2 19.66 3 900 1078 21.8 21.6 99 0.2 21.6 152 14 303.9 307.3 298.4 358.5 18.31 4 850 1574 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 148 8 306.1 309.1 297.6 354.6 16.18 5 800 2093 15.4 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 235 3 307.6 310.1 296.0 347.2 13.10 6 750 2638 12.2 7.4 72 4.8 9.3 275 3 309.8 311.4 293.4 336.3 8.64 7 700 3215 10.8 -2.9 38 13.7 3.7 213 0 314.4 315.2 291.3 328.4 4.41 8 650 3829 6.8 1.3 68 5.4 3.7 305 0 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.51 9 600 4481 2.3 -2.7 70 5.0 -0.3 294 3 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.6 5.25 10 550 5179 -1.4 -10.6 50 9.2 -5.4 320 7 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.7 3.11 11 500 5933 -5.1 -19.1 32 14.0 -10.0 322 9 326.8 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.69 12 450 6754 -9.7 -19.6 44 10.0 -13.0 320 7 331.1 331.4 293.7 337.4 1.79 13 400 7654 -15.3 -29.9 28 14.5 -18.8 325 6 335.0 335.2 293.8 338.0 0.80 14 350 8645 -23.2 -37.2 27 14.0 -25.5 296 7 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.2 0.45 15 300 9755 -31.7 -50.9 13 19.2 -33.3 228 7 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.12 16 250 11013 -42.8 -53.9 28 11.2 -43.4 295 8 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.10 17 200 12483 -53.1 -64.1 25 11.0 -53.4 309 15 348.6 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14284 -65.2 -80.4 11 15.1 -65.3 349 26 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 19 100 16703 -71.4 -84.5 13 13.1 -71.5 8 16 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.65 m Freezing level: 569.07 mb = 4913.16 m = 16119.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.43 mb = 4435.05 m = 14550.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.00 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.01 mb = 455.79 m = 1495.35 ft T: 25.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 32.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 826.50 m = 2711.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 29.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2932.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.02 mb = 696.40 m = 2284.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.02 mb = 1029.00 m = 3375.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.02 mb = 14485.63 m = 47524.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2928.83 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -15.0 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 402.18 Bulk Shear: 7.29 m/s