MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 24.5 22.9 91 1.5 23.4 170 4 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.2 17.75 1 1000 152 24.4 23.0 92 1.4 23.4 185 7 297.6 300.8 296.5 349.7 17.97 2 950 601 22.7 21.1 90 1.6 21.5 215 16 300.2 303.3 296.5 349.3 16.76 3 900 1072 20.6 15.6 73 5.0 17.2 221 16 302.8 305.1 294.3 339.7 12.48 4 850 1564 17.9 13.8 77 4.1 15.2 216 14 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.1 11.77 5 800 2082 15.9 11.3 74 4.6 12.9 218 8 308.0 310.0 294.3 340.1 10.57 6 750 2629 13.4 8.3 71 5.1 10.2 238 5 311.1 312.8 294.1 339.4 9.20 7 700 3207 10.4 4.1 65 6.3 6.7 232 5 314.0 315.4 293.6 336.9 7.33 8 650 3820 6.3 0.9 68 5.4 3.3 226 3 316.0 317.2 293.3 335.9 6.28 9 600 4471 2.7 -13.3 30 16.0 -3.8 328 4 319.2 319.7 290.8 326.9 2.29 10 550 5170 -0.5 -24.3 15 23.8 -7.9 2 4 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.9 0.97 11 500 5927 -3.9 -29.9 11 26.0 -10.9 321 7 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.64 12 450 6748 -9.8 -30.6 16 20.8 -15.0 306 12 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.3 0.66 13 400 7644 -16.7 -35.6 18 19.0 -20.4 300 14 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.1 0.46 14 350 8632 -23.6 -42.2 16 18.6 -26.2 297 19 336.9 337.0 293.8 338.0 0.27 15 300 9740 -31.7 -53.3 10 21.6 -33.5 309 21 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.09 16 250 11002 -41.5 -61.6 10 20.1 -42.4 334 23 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.04 17 200 12477 -53.0 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 351 24 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14274 -65.8 -78.5 15 12.7 -66.0 350 30 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16680 -73.2 -84.6 16 11.4 -73.3 360 18 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.03 m Freezing level: 557.62 mb = 5063.72 m = 16613.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 4115.56 m = 13502.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.67 mb = 269.17 m = 883.11 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.54 mb = 1289.48 m = 4230.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.75 C K Index: 29.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.21 mb = 793.93 m = 2604.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.21 mb = 3517.57 m = 11540.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.21 mb = 12022.96 m = 39444.93 ft B at Equ Level: 475.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.21 mb = 14934.10 m = 48995.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.0 neg: -12.3 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 109.20 Bulk Shear: 4.40 m/s