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: 30.53,-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 1003 76 34.3 21.6 48 12.6 25.0 171 11 307.2 310.2 298.1 356.8 16.45 1 1000 104 34.0 21.3 48 12.7 24.7 171 11 307.1 310.1 297.8 355.7 16.13 2 950 566 29.4 20.4 58 9.0 22.9 176 15 307.0 310.1 297.8 355.5 16.10 3 900 1045 24.8 19.5 73 5.3 21.0 180 15 307.1 310.1 297.8 355.5 16.08 4 850 1544 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 193 13 307.2 310.1 297.6 354.6 15.70 5 800 2065 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.7 246 9 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.1 11.23 6 750 2614 14.5 6.7 59 7.8 9.7 291 12 312.4 313.9 293.8 337.9 8.26 7 700 3194 12.0 2.2 51 9.9 6.4 302 16 315.8 317.1 293.3 336.1 6.41 8 650 3811 8.3 -1.5 50 9.8 3.1 309 17 318.3 319.4 293.1 335.3 5.27 9 600 4467 4.5 -8.6 38 13.1 -1.6 311 17 321.3 322.0 292.3 332.3 3.33 10 550 5170 0.2 -11.2 42 11.4 -4.7 312 18 324.3 324.9 292.9 334.2 2.95 11 500 5927 -4.6 -20.8 27 16.2 -10.1 304 20 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.5 1.46 12 450 6746 -10.4 -27.7 23 17.3 -15.0 293 22 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.4 0.88 13 400 7641 -16.6 -36.4 16 19.8 -20.4 302 24 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.0 0.42 14 350 8633 -22.1 -55.5 3 33.4 -25.6 325 23 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 15 300 9749 -30.4 -46.0 20 15.6 -32.1 355 28 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.21 16 250 11015 -41.4 -51.6 32 10.2 -42.1 350 35 344.5 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12490 -52.5 -68.7 12 16.3 -52.8 329 30 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14290 -65.7 -76.6 21 10.9 -65.7 5 36 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -72.1 -85.2 12 13.1 -72.2 0 19 388.4 388.4 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.52 m Freezing level: 547.99 mb = 5200.70 m = 17062.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.88 mb = 4239.84 m = 13910.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.77 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.62 mb = 1680.60 m = 5513.70 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.42 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1853.85 m = 6082.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.37 C = 95.66 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1586.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.01 mb = 1707.49 m = 5601.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.01 mb = 2075.73 m = 6810.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.01 mb = 13924.88 m = 45684.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1585.02 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 22.89 Bulk Shear: 69.29 m/s