MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 25.7 22.6 83 3.1 23.5 170 8 298.1 301.2 296.3 348.5 17.34 1 1000 154 25.5 22.4 83 3.1 23.3 171 13 298.7 301.8 296.4 349.1 17.30 2 950 605 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 172 20 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.3 14.71 3 900 1076 21.5 14.7 65 6.7 17.0 152 18 303.6 305.8 294.0 338.7 11.78 4 850 1570 18.9 10.3 57 8.6 13.4 155 16 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.9 9.27 5 800 2089 16.6 6.4 51 10.2 10.5 161 10 308.8 310.3 292.3 332.0 7.57 6 750 2636 13.5 7.6 68 5.9 9.9 170 5 311.2 312.8 293.9 338.2 8.76 7 700 3214 10.7 2.8 58 7.9 6.2 171 4 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.3 6.70 8 650 3828 6.8 0.3 63 6.5 3.2 266 1 316.7 317.8 293.3 335.9 6.05 9 600 4480 2.7 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.7 316 7 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.3 4.66 10 550 5180 0.1 -22.7 16 22.8 -7.4 326 12 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.12 11 500 5938 -3.4 -34.4 7 31.0 -11.1 330 12 328.9 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.41 12 450 6761 -9.5 -34.5 11 24.9 -15.2 339 11 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 13 400 7657 -16.5 -36.6 16 20.1 -20.3 308 10 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.42 14 350 8646 -23.4 -41.3 18 17.9 -26.1 310 11 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.29 15 300 9755 -31.6 -50.3 14 18.6 -33.3 297 11 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 16 250 11019 -41.6 -54.3 24 12.7 -42.3 335 18 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.09 17 200 12493 -52.5 -70.5 10 18.1 -52.8 353 15 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14295 -65.0 -78.3 14 13.2 -65.1 348 24 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16716 -72.4 -85.4 12 13.0 -72.5 344 8 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.19 m Freezing level: 548.56 mb = 5202.07 m = 17066.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.31 mb = 4354.74 m = 14287.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.58 mb = 471.05 m = 1545.43 ft T: 24.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2071.86 m = 6797.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.48 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: 24.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.17 mb = 1084.44 m = 3557.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.17 mb = 4289.99 m = 14074.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 584.17 mb = 4695.37 m = 15404.58 ft B at Equ Level: 19.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 524.17 mb = 5562.75 m = 18250.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 212.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -42.4 tot: -25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.57 Bulk Shear: 4.42 m/s