MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 30.16,-95.80 Latitude: 30.16 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 74 33.5 23.7 57 9.8 26.2 168 8 306.2 309.6 299.1 362.3 18.65 1 1000 122 32.3 23.1 58 9.2 25.5 168 8 305.5 308.8 298.7 359.7 18.11 2 950 581 27.6 22.0 72 5.6 23.5 170 10 305.2 308.5 298.4 358.6 17.83 3 900 1059 23.0 21.0 89 1.9 21.6 172 10 305.2 308.5 298.4 358.2 17.70 4 850 1555 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 197 8 305.9 308.9 297.3 353.2 15.74 5 800 2075 15.8 13.4 86 2.4 14.3 253 10 308.0 310.3 295.5 345.0 12.21 6 750 2621 12.8 8.3 74 4.5 10.0 284 9 310.5 312.2 294.0 338.6 9.18 7 700 3199 11.1 3.8 61 7.3 6.8 282 11 314.8 316.2 293.7 337.4 7.21 8 650 3814 7.4 -2.3 50 9.7 2.4 278 12 317.4 318.3 292.6 333.3 4.98 9 600 4467 3.1 -7.8 45 10.9 -2.0 301 12 319.7 320.4 292.0 331.3 3.53 10 550 5167 -0.2 -22.0 18 21.8 -7.4 302 12 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.0 1.19 11 500 5923 -4.3 -24.2 19 19.9 -10.5 301 12 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.6 1.08 12 450 6743 -10.3 -28.7 21 18.4 -15.1 285 16 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.80 13 400 7639 -16.7 -34.5 20 17.8 -20.3 289 19 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.51 14 350 8627 -22.6 -53.2 4 30.6 -25.9 320 18 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 15 300 9742 -30.6 -57.1 6 26.5 -32.6 346 28 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.6 0.06 16 250 11009 -40.9 -62.8 8 21.8 -41.9 357 31 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 17 200 12485 -52.6 -68.5 13 15.8 -52.9 345 27 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14284 -65.6 -77.1 19 11.4 -65.7 7 35 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16688 -72.7 -85.3 13 12.6 -72.8 360 20 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.26 m Freezing level: 552.81 mb = 5127.44 m = 16822.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.74 mb = 4163.45 m = 13659.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.65 mb = 1316.75 m = 4320.00 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 34.21 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.97 mb = 1333.43 m = 4374.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2427.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.17 mb = 1291.67 m = 4237.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.17 mb = 1441.67 m = 4729.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.17 mb = 14643.75 m = 48043.22 ft B at Equ Level: 2398.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 78.00 Bulk Shear: 31.12 m/s