MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1009 77 28.3 21.9 68 6.4 23.6 155 6 300.7 303.7 296.5 349.4 16.60 1 1000 156 28.9 21.6 65 7.3 23.6 158 13 302.0 305.1 296.8 350.7 16.47 2 950 611 25.6 20.2 72 5.4 21.7 156 19 303.1 306.1 296.7 350.2 15.88 3 900 1085 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 151 16 303.3 306.2 296.5 349.5 15.55 4 850 1578 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 129 14 305.2 307.5 294.6 341.2 12.03 5 800 2096 15.9 10.2 69 5.7 12.3 111 8 308.1 309.9 293.8 337.8 9.78 6 750 2643 13.2 7.7 69 5.5 9.8 130 5 310.9 312.6 293.8 338.0 8.82 7 700 3220 10.5 1.9 55 8.6 5.7 133 3 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.9 6.28 8 650 3834 6.7 0.1 63 6.5 3.1 276 1 316.5 317.7 293.2 335.4 5.96 9 600 4486 2.6 -2.1 71 4.7 0.1 295 7 319.2 320.2 293.5 336.7 5.47 10 550 5186 -0.6 -14.1 35 13.5 -6.0 311 12 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.3 2.34 11 500 5943 -3.5 -33.7 8 30.2 -11.1 319 12 328.8 328.8 291.8 330.4 0.44 12 450 6766 -9.3 -30.1 17 20.7 -14.6 328 10 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.1 0.70 13 400 7663 -16.2 -33.0 22 16.7 -19.8 320 9 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.2 0.60 14 350 8653 -23.3 -43.2 14 19.9 -26.1 312 9 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 15 300 9762 -32.1 -49.0 17 16.9 -33.7 292 8 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 16 250 11023 -41.5 -60.4 11 19.0 -42.3 303 14 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 17 200 12495 -53.0 -68.8 13 15.8 -53.2 359 14 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14293 -65.6 -76.9 19 11.3 -65.7 339 18 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16714 -70.9 -85.8 9 14.9 -71.0 30 5 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.10 m Freezing level: 559.17 mb = 5057.54 m = 16592.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.89 mb = 4501.23 m = 14767.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.62 mb = 895.81 m = 2938.97 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 12.87 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1491.36 m = 4892.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.71 mb = 1222.82 m = 4011.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.71 mb = 2634.46 m = 8643.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.71 mb = 12792.20 m = 41968.65 ft B at Equ Level: 815.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.71 mb = 15590.25 m = 51148.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.8 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 188.8 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -48.7 tot: -38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 190.03 Bulk Shear: 4.32 m/s