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: 30.84,-95.38 Latitude: 30.84 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 68 34.0 23.2 53 10.8 25.9 176 7 306.6 310.0 298.9 360.9 18.04 1 1000 120 32.7 22.6 55 10.1 25.3 176 8 305.9 309.1 298.4 358.5 17.54 2 950 580 28.1 21.5 67 6.7 23.2 180 10 305.7 308.9 298.1 357.3 17.19 3 900 1058 23.4 20.6 84 2.8 21.4 184 10 305.6 308.8 298.2 357.4 17.24 4 850 1555 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 202 11 306.0 309.0 297.7 354.8 16.26 5 800 2074 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 247 14 307.9 310.2 295.6 345.5 12.44 6 750 2620 12.5 7.6 72 4.9 9.5 263 11 310.2 311.8 293.6 337.1 8.78 7 700 3197 11.0 2.3 55 8.7 6.1 278 15 314.7 315.9 293.1 335.0 6.47 8 650 3812 7.2 -1.7 53 8.9 2.5 277 16 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.8 5.20 9 600 4465 2.7 -0.9 77 3.6 0.7 294 18 319.2 320.4 293.9 338.3 5.96 10 550 5165 -0.6 -18.4 24 17.9 -7.0 296 17 323.4 323.7 291.4 329.0 1.62 11 500 5919 -5.5 -13.1 55 7.6 -8.5 295 20 326.4 326.9 293.3 335.9 2.79 12 450 6737 -11.0 -24.0 33 13.0 -14.7 290 22 329.5 329.7 292.7 333.8 1.22 13 400 7631 -17.1 -32.9 24 15.8 -20.5 289 26 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.9 0.60 14 350 8619 -22.3 -58.4 2 36.1 -25.7 315 23 338.7 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 15 300 9734 -30.7 -60.0 4 29.4 -32.7 336 29 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.04 16 250 11001 -41.0 -63.9 7 22.9 -42.0 344 30 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 17 200 12477 -52.3 -71.2 9 18.9 -52.7 337 35 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14278 -65.5 -76.9 19 11.4 -65.6 354 38 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16686 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 351 19 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.90 m Freezing level: 558.96 mb = 5039.14 m = 16532.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.33 mb = 4527.88 m = 14855.07 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.99 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.55 mb = 1437.30 m = 4715.49 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 23.58 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1433.66 m = 4703.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 34.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2241.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.88 mb = 1413.80 m = 4638.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.88 mb = 1464.27 m = 4803.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.88 mb = 14321.86 m = 46987.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2232.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -1.1 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 59.61 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s