MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.27,-96.07 Latitude: 30.27 Longitude: -96.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 32.7 23.8 59 8.9 26.0 167 11 305.5 309.0 299.1 361.8 18.75 1 1000 110 32.2 23.5 60 8.7 25.7 168 12 305.4 308.8 298.9 361.0 18.57 2 950 570 27.7 22.6 74 5.1 23.9 171 16 305.3 308.7 298.8 360.5 18.41 3 900 1047 23.1 21.6 91 1.5 22.0 174 16 305.3 308.7 298.7 360.2 18.33 4 850 1545 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 210 11 306.8 309.7 297.4 353.8 15.64 5 800 2065 16.5 11.9 74 4.7 13.5 278 8 308.8 310.8 294.8 342.1 10.98 6 750 2614 15.2 5.9 54 9.2 9.6 306 11 313.0 314.5 293.6 337.3 7.80 7 700 3195 12.2 3.2 54 9.0 6.9 311 14 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.7 6.88 8 650 3813 8.4 -1.6 49 10.0 3.1 312 15 318.5 319.5 293.2 335.4 5.26 9 600 4468 4.3 -7.5 42 11.8 -1.3 317 15 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.1 3.63 10 550 5172 0.1 -8.8 51 8.9 -4.0 320 16 324.2 324.9 293.3 336.2 3.58 11 500 5928 -4.5 -22.8 22 18.3 -10.4 306 18 327.5 327.8 292.2 331.9 1.22 12 450 6748 -10.3 -29.0 20 18.7 -15.2 293 20 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.77 13 400 7642 -17.0 -32.3 25 15.3 -20.3 295 24 332.9 333.1 293.2 335.3 0.64 14 350 8632 -22.3 -51.2 5 29.0 -25.6 326 23 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 15 300 9747 -30.4 -46.6 19 16.2 -32.1 359 31 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.19 16 250 11014 -41.6 -51.3 34 9.6 -42.2 354 34 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.14 17 200 12489 -52.5 -69.2 11 16.8 -52.8 332 29 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14289 -65.7 -75.9 23 10.2 -65.8 7 35 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 3 18 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.94 m Freezing level: 548.80 mb = 5189.72 m = 17026.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.64 mb = 4270.88 m = 14011.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.77 mb = 1215.40 m = 3987.47 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 24.48 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1319.60 m = 4329.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2662.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.37 mb = 1219.35 m = 4000.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.37 mb = 1469.51 m = 4821.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.37 mb = 14810.50 m = 48590.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2627.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 76.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 34.09 Bulk Shear: 78.09 m/s