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: 30.53,-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 1004 76 36.4 20.3 39 16.1 24.7 187 9 309.2 312.0 297.7 354.9 15.05 1 1000 115 34.4 19.6 42 14.8 23.8 188 9 307.6 310.3 297.0 351.5 14.55 2 950 576 29.4 18.7 53 10.7 21.8 190 11 307.1 309.8 296.8 350.6 14.45 3 900 1055 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 19.9 191 11 307.0 309.7 296.7 350.5 14.43 4 850 1554 19.8 16.8 83 3.0 17.8 193 11 306.9 309.6 296.7 350.1 14.33 5 800 2074 16.4 11.7 74 4.7 13.3 239 9 308.6 310.6 294.7 341.6 10.86 6 750 2621 13.5 7.6 67 5.9 9.9 272 7 311.2 312.9 293.9 338.2 8.76 7 700 3199 10.7 4.4 65 6.2 7.0 279 12 314.3 315.8 293.8 337.9 7.53 8 650 3814 7.1 1.2 66 5.9 3.8 280 15 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.5 6.45 9 600 4467 3.0 -3.3 64 6.2 -0.2 287 16 319.6 320.5 293.3 335.8 5.02 10 550 5167 -0.7 -7.8 59 7.1 -4.0 303 16 323.2 324.0 293.3 336.1 3.87 11 500 5923 -5.1 -15.2 45 10.1 -9.0 294 17 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.9 2.34 12 450 6742 -10.4 -28.7 21 18.3 -15.2 285 20 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.79 13 400 7637 -16.6 -34.4 20 17.8 -20.3 289 22 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.3 0.52 14 350 8628 -21.7 -58.0 2 36.3 -25.4 335 22 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 15 300 9744 -30.4 -53.0 9 22.6 -32.3 355 34 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 16 250 11011 -41.3 -56.4 18 15.1 -42.1 352 30 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 17 200 12486 -52.5 -68.7 12 16.2 -52.8 340 28 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14286 -65.7 -75.4 25 9.7 -65.8 4 37 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16690 -72.7 -85.2 13 12.5 -72.8 360 19 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.74 m Freezing level: 559.55 mb = 5033.59 m = 16514.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.65 mb = 4431.36 m = 14538.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.41 % Est. max temperature: 34.16 C = 93.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.88 mb = 2106.91 m = 6912.35 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.12 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2167.41 m = 7110.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 35.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 836.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.01 mb = 1945.99 m = 6384.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.01 mb = 2881.89 m = 9454.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.01 mb = 12906.66 m = 42344.15 ft B at Equ Level: 828.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.01 mb = 15758.91 m = 51701.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 31.39 Bulk Shear: 26.66 m/s