MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 24.85,-97.84 Latitude: 24.85 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 6 30.1 26.1 79 4.0 27.1 128 15 301.9 305.9 299.7 365.3 21.37 1 1000 141 28.0 25.7 87 2.3 26.2 128 18 301.1 305.0 299.4 363.6 21.16 2 950 598 24.1 23.1 94 1.1 23.3 129 21 301.7 305.2 298.2 357.8 19.01 3 900 1070 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.8 139 17 303.1 305.8 295.8 346.1 14.52 4 850 1563 19.5 9.4 52 10.1 13.1 151 11 306.5 308.2 292.5 332.9 8.73 5 800 2083 16.5 7.6 56 8.8 11.1 148 5 308.7 310.3 292.7 333.8 8.23 6 750 2629 12.8 8.3 74 4.5 10.0 146 4 310.5 312.2 294.0 338.8 9.22 7 700 3206 9.7 5.3 74 4.4 7.1 113 4 313.2 314.7 293.9 338.0 7.99 8 650 3818 6.9 -9.0 31 15.9 -0.3 105 8 316.8 317.4 290.7 326.5 2.97 9 600 4470 2.8 -8.5 43 11.3 -2.3 100 8 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.3 3.36 10 550 5169 -1.2 -11.5 45 10.3 -5.5 102 8 322.6 323.2 292.3 332.3 2.89 11 500 5923 -5.5 -13.0 56 7.5 -8.6 104 9 326.3 326.8 293.3 335.8 2.81 12 450 6741 -10.5 -17.3 57 6.8 -12.9 107 9 330.0 330.5 293.7 337.6 2.19 13 400 7638 -16.3 -21.4 65 5.1 -17.9 116 5 333.7 334.1 294.3 339.9 1.73 14 350 8627 -23.5 -29.1 61 5.5 -24.8 125 4 337.0 337.2 294.5 340.7 0.99 15 300 9736 -31.7 -37.0 59 5.3 -32.5 50 2 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.7 0.53 16 250 10999 -41.5 -50.0 39 8.5 -42.0 62 2 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.16 17 200 12472 -53.6 -62.1 34 8.6 -53.8 89 4 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 14268 -65.1 -74.6 26 9.5 -65.1 67 12 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.3 -83.6 17 11.3 -72.3 75 17 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.19 m Freezing level: 565.23 mb = 4956.21 m = 16260.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.87 mb = 3794.43 m = 12448.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.46 mb = 518.89 m = 1702.37 ft T: 24.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 32.35 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 759.10 m = 2490.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.18 C Showalter Index: 4.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 14.93 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2661.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.45 mb = 695.32 m = 2281.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.45 mb = 835.95 m = 2742.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.45 mb = 14492.72 m = 47547.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2637.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 123.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 153.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 263.64 Bulk Shear: 10.09 m/s