MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.53,-96.34 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 77 32.0 21.4 54 10.6 24.3 149 9 304.5 307.4 297.2 352.6 16.14 1 1000 146 31.1 20.9 55 10.1 23.8 150 10 304.2 307.1 296.9 351.2 15.77 2 950 603 26.6 20.1 68 6.5 21.9 149 12 304.1 307.1 296.8 351.0 15.75 3 900 1078 22.0 19.2 85 2.7 20.1 147 11 304.1 307.1 296.9 351.1 15.79 4 850 1572 18.6 15.4 82 3.2 16.4 116 10 305.7 308.1 295.4 344.8 13.06 5 800 2091 15.6 11.1 75 4.4 12.7 103 7 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.4 10.45 6 750 2637 13.0 7.2 68 5.8 9.5 122 4 310.7 312.3 293.6 336.9 8.53 7 700 3214 10.4 1.5 54 8.9 5.5 100 2 314.0 315.2 292.6 333.3 6.12 8 650 3827 6.8 -0.1 62 6.8 3.1 287 2 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.3 5.87 9 600 4480 2.8 -2.3 69 5.1 0.1 269 7 319.4 320.4 293.5 336.8 5.40 10 550 5180 -0.6 -14.7 33 14.1 -6.1 285 12 323.4 323.8 292.0 330.9 2.22 11 500 5935 -4.3 -31.1 10 26.7 -11.3 305 12 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.9 0.57 12 450 6757 -9.3 -29.7 17 20.4 -14.6 328 10 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.1 0.72 13 400 7655 -16.1 -33.6 21 17.5 -19.8 337 9 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.2 0.56 14 350 8645 -23.3 -41.7 17 18.5 -25.9 319 6 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.28 15 300 9755 -31.8 -48.3 18 16.4 -33.4 263 4 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 16 250 11017 -41.5 -60.1 11 18.7 -42.3 265 10 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.05 17 200 12491 -52.7 -62.0 32 9.3 -52.9 347 13 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.05 18 150 14291 -65.7 -76.7 20 11.0 -65.8 344 15 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16701 -71.7 -85.3 11 13.6 -71.8 41 13 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.75 m Freezing level: 558.59 mb = 5059.79 m = 16600.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.91 mb = 4494.89 m = 14746.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.51 mb = 1415.92 m = 4645.36 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 17.87 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1647.38 m = 5404.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 983.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.68 mb = 1424.22 m = 4672.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.68 mb = 1987.90 m = 6521.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.68 mb = 12822.09 m = 42066.73 ft B at Equ Level: 983.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.68 mb = 16151.72 m = 52990.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -53.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -35.3 tot: -31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 132.29 Bulk Shear: 7.43 m/s