MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.6 22.7 95 0.9 22.9 176 4 296.0 299.2 295.8 346.3 17.43 1 1000 147 24.3 22.5 90 1.8 23.0 185 9 297.4 300.6 296.2 347.9 17.43 2 950 597 22.9 20.1 84 2.8 20.9 202 20 300.4 303.3 295.9 346.7 15.80 3 900 1067 20.4 15.6 74 4.9 17.1 195 19 302.6 304.8 294.1 339.4 12.45 4 850 1560 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 188 17 305.2 307.5 294.6 341.1 11.98 5 800 2078 16.3 9.3 63 7.0 11.9 201 9 308.6 310.3 293.5 336.7 9.26 6 750 2625 13.4 8.5 72 4.9 10.3 223 5 311.1 312.9 294.3 339.8 9.33 7 700 3204 10.7 4.0 63 6.7 6.8 213 4 314.3 315.7 293.6 337.1 7.28 8 650 3818 6.7 0.6 65 6.0 3.3 267 2 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.0 6.16 9 600 4470 2.9 -8.7 42 11.5 -2.4 336 7 319.4 320.1 291.8 330.3 3.31 10 550 5170 0.1 -26.7 11 26.8 -7.9 354 8 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.0 0.78 11 500 5928 -3.4 -31.6 9 28.2 -10.8 339 10 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.9 0.54 12 450 6750 -9.6 -30.7 16 21.0 -14.9 322 10 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.5 0.66 13 400 7647 -16.4 -37.6 14 21.1 -20.4 308 12 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.38 14 350 8636 -23.5 -40.9 19 17.4 -26.1 302 12 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.3 0.31 15 300 9745 -31.5 -52.6 11 21.1 -33.3 305 15 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.10 16 250 11007 -41.7 -53.3 27 11.6 -42.4 335 16 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.11 17 200 12483 -52.5 -75.1 5 22.7 -52.8 346 18 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14285 -65.1 -78.6 14 13.5 -65.1 348 25 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16696 -73.8 -85.4 15 11.7 -73.8 341 15 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.89 m Freezing level: 548.32 mb = 5195.53 m = 17045.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.81 mb = 4192.24 m = 13753.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.98 mb = 190.98 m = 626.58 ft T: 24.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.78 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.56 mb = 1544.11 m = 5065.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 29.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.97 mb = 876.48 m = 2875.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.97 mb = 4008.45 m = 13150.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 574.97 mb = 4812.78 m = 15789.75 ft B at Equ Level: 25.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 494.97 mb = 6006.61 m = 19706.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.5 neg: -29.0 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 34.50 Bulk Shear: 5.39 m/s