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: 30.55,-96.19 Latitude: 30.55 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 33.7 22.5 52 11.2 25.4 169 11 306.6 309.9 298.5 358.9 17.39 1 1000 105 33.4 22.3 52 11.1 25.2 169 11 306.6 309.8 298.4 358.4 17.20 2 950 567 29.0 21.4 64 7.5 23.5 174 16 306.6 309.8 298.4 358.3 17.18 3 900 1046 24.3 20.3 79 3.9 21.4 179 15 306.5 309.7 298.2 357.4 16.94 4 850 1544 19.8 18.8 94 1.1 19.1 198 13 306.9 310.0 297.9 355.9 16.26 5 800 2065 16.5 12.4 76 4.2 13.8 255 9 308.8 310.9 295.1 343.3 11.36 6 750 2613 14.8 6.9 59 7.9 9.9 296 12 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.5 8.35 7 700 3194 12.0 2.8 53 9.2 6.7 305 16 315.7 317.0 293.6 336.9 6.69 8 650 3811 8.3 -1.5 50 9.8 3.1 309 17 318.3 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.28 9 600 4467 4.6 -8.2 39 12.8 -1.4 311 17 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.8 3.43 10 550 5170 0.2 -11.8 40 12.0 -4.9 313 18 324.3 324.8 292.7 333.8 2.82 11 500 5926 -4.6 -20.8 27 16.2 -10.1 303 19 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.6 1.46 12 450 6746 -10.4 -27.9 22 17.5 -15.0 293 22 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.2 0.86 13 400 7640 -16.7 -35.9 17 19.2 -20.4 300 25 333.3 333.4 293.0 335.0 0.44 14 350 8632 -22.1 -56.2 3 34.0 -25.6 324 24 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 15 300 9748 -30.4 -45.5 22 15.1 -32.1 355 29 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.22 16 250 11014 -41.4 -50.4 37 9.1 -41.9 350 35 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.15 17 200 12488 -52.4 -69.1 12 16.8 -52.7 329 30 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14289 -65.7 -76.5 21 10.7 -65.8 4 36 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16693 -72.1 -85.6 12 13.5 -72.2 359 19 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.87 m Freezing level: 548.17 mb = 5197.60 m = 17052.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.57 mb = 4257.07 m = 13966.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.16 mb = 1501.58 m = 4926.39 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 26.18 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1591.72 m = 5222.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2107.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.04 mb = 1523.34 m = 4997.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.04 mb = 1676.24 m = 5499.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.04 mb = 14407.04 m = 47266.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2099.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 314.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 28.50 Bulk Shear: 73.95 m/s