MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1007 76 34.2 21.0 46 13.2 24.6 206 9 306.8 309.7 297.5 354.3 15.79 1 1000 136 31.6 20.5 52 11.2 23.6 207 9 304.8 307.6 296.7 350.5 15.32 2 950 594 26.8 19.5 64 7.3 21.6 207 10 304.4 307.2 296.5 349.6 15.19 3 900 1068 22.1 18.5 80 3.6 19.6 207 10 304.3 307.1 296.4 349.1 15.05 4 850 1563 18.9 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 224 13 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.4 11.15 5 800 2082 16.0 11.9 76 4.1 13.3 239 9 308.2 310.3 294.7 341.6 11.01 6 750 2629 13.5 7.6 68 5.9 9.9 257 7 311.2 312.9 293.9 338.3 8.79 7 700 3207 10.9 3.1 59 7.8 6.4 257 10 314.5 315.8 293.3 336.0 6.84 8 650 3822 7.1 -1.4 55 8.4 2.6 255 11 317.0 318.0 292.8 334.0 5.33 9 600 4474 2.4 -1.6 75 4.0 0.3 279 11 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.1 5.68 10 550 5173 -0.5 -23.0 16 22.5 -7.8 278 10 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.09 11 500 5929 -4.7 -23.1 22 18.4 -10.5 296 12 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.6 1.19 12 450 6748 -10.2 -27.3 23 17.0 -14.8 286 15 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.7 0.91 13 400 7644 -16.7 -33.2 23 16.5 -20.2 294 18 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.5 0.58 14 350 8632 -22.8 -48.3 8 25.5 -25.9 332 17 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.14 15 300 9747 -30.4 -59.4 4 29.1 -32.4 349 29 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 16 250 11014 -41.0 -63.7 7 22.7 -41.9 0 32 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12490 -52.7 -68.3 13 15.6 -52.9 354 24 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14288 -65.6 -77.8 17 12.2 -65.7 1 27 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -73.4 -85.2 15 11.8 -73.5 349 13 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.73 m Freezing level: 558.80 mb = 5050.13 m = 16568.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.42 mb = 4495.36 m = 14748.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.19 mb = 1733.79 m = 5688.22 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1865.10 m = 6119.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.70 C = 94.45 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.03 mb = 1532.09 m = 5026.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.03 mb = 3471.58 m = 11389.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.03 mb = 12552.01 m = 41180.64 ft B at Equ Level: 696.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.03 mb = 15710.35 m = 51542.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 88.95 Bulk Shear: 7.87 m/s