MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 29.9 23.4 68 6.4 25.1 202 8 302.3 305.6 298.0 356.4 18.29 1 1000 152 27.6 22.9 76 4.7 24.2 203 8 300.8 304.1 297.4 353.3 17.88 2 950 604 23.0 21.6 92 1.4 22.1 209 11 300.5 303.7 297.0 351.6 17.38 3 900 1075 20.9 14.3 66 6.6 16.5 224 16 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.1 11.46 4 850 1568 18.1 14.5 79 3.6 15.7 226 13 305.1 307.4 294.8 341.9 12.29 5 800 2086 15.9 11.8 77 4.1 13.3 232 8 308.1 310.2 294.6 341.3 10.95 6 750 2633 13.6 7.4 66 6.3 9.8 244 6 311.4 313.0 293.8 338.0 8.62 7 700 3211 10.8 2.8 58 7.9 6.2 234 7 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.5 6.72 8 650 3825 6.5 -0.6 60 7.1 2.7 225 8 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.2 5.62 9 600 4477 2.7 -12.3 32 15.0 -3.6 262 6 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.5 2.48 10 550 5175 -0.5 -26.1 12 25.6 -8.2 251 5 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.83 11 500 5931 -4.4 -28.2 14 23.8 -11.0 288 9 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.5 0.75 12 450 6751 -10.3 -28.7 21 18.4 -15.0 289 12 330.3 330.5 292.6 333.3 0.80 13 400 7647 -16.6 -34.9 19 18.3 -20.3 292 17 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.49 14 350 8634 -23.4 -44.0 13 20.6 -26.2 306 23 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.22 15 300 9744 -31.0 -56.6 6 25.5 -33.0 335 25 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 16 250 11011 -41.0 -64.0 7 23.0 -42.0 353 31 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12487 -52.8 -69.7 11 16.8 -53.2 355 26 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14286 -65.6 -76.8 20 11.1 -65.7 353 28 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16697 -73.0 -85.1 14 12.1 -73.0 0 13 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.21 m Freezing level: 558.06 mb = 5062.70 m = 16609.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.61 mb = 4097.46 m = 13442.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.22 mb = 890.75 m = 2922.38 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.31 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1333.02 m = 4373.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 29.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.40 mb = 955.56 m = 3135.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.40 mb = 3361.83 m = 11029.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.40 mb = 12568.34 m = 41234.22 ft B at Equ Level: 712.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.40 mb = 15742.85 m = 51649.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -5.4 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 269.54 Bulk Shear: 2.66 m/s