MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 24.90,-96.88 Latitude: 24.90 Longitude: -96.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 29.4 25.6 80 3.8 26.5 142 10 301.3 305.1 299.2 362.6 20.73 1 1000 122 28.1 24.5 81 3.6 25.4 142 11 301.3 304.9 298.6 359.5 19.74 2 950 578 24.7 19.4 72 5.4 20.9 148 10 302.3 305.1 295.9 346.7 15.05 3 900 1050 22.2 13.6 58 8.5 16.5 140 9 304.4 306.4 293.6 337.1 10.97 4 850 1546 20.3 11.3 56 9.0 14.5 186 5 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.4 9.91 5 800 2067 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 12.0 215 3 310.5 312.1 293.5 336.8 8.55 6 750 2617 14.9 3.9 48 11.0 8.5 168 2 312.8 314.1 292.8 333.9 6.79 7 700 3197 11.3 0.6 48 10.7 5.4 121 3 315.0 316.1 292.5 333.0 5.70 8 650 3811 7.0 0.1 61 6.9 3.2 85 5 316.9 318.1 293.3 335.9 5.95 9 600 4464 2.8 -3.8 62 6.6 -0.5 110 6 319.4 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.83 10 550 5164 -1.2 -7.4 63 6.2 -4.1 125 10 322.7 323.4 293.3 335.8 4.00 11 500 5918 -5.5 -14.0 51 8.5 -8.8 127 13 326.3 326.9 293.1 335.2 2.59 12 450 6736 -10.7 -22.6 37 12.0 -14.3 127 11 329.8 330.1 293.0 334.7 1.38 13 400 7631 -16.6 -24.7 50 8.1 -18.8 121 6 333.4 333.7 293.9 338.1 1.29 14 350 8621 -23.1 -32.9 40 9.8 -25.0 100 6 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.68 15 300 9731 -31.3 -45.8 22 14.6 -32.9 129 3 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 16 250 10996 -41.3 -54.6 22 13.3 -42.1 180 1 344.6 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.09 17 200 12470 -53.0 -67.1 16 14.1 -53.3 316 4 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14265 -65.6 -77.3 18 11.7 -65.7 87 20 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16669 -73.1 -84.9 15 11.8 -73.1 91 21 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.73 m Freezing level: 564.97 mb = 4954.27 m = 16253.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.77 mb = 4372.71 m = 14345.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.63 % Est. max temperature: 34.60 C = 94.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.96 mb = 484.98 m = 1591.12 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 25.50 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2133.99 m = 7001.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.88 C = 101.99 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 2.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 26.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.74 mb = 1081.80 m = 3549.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.74 mb = 3538.32 m = 11608.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.74 mb = 12733.36 m = 41775.61 ft B at Equ Level: 920.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.74 mb = 16011.06 m = 52529.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.5 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 163.5 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -1.7 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 479.75 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s