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: 30.58,-96.31 Latitude: 30.58 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34.3 21.6 48 12.6 25.0 171 11 307.2 310.2 298.0 356.7 16.43 1 1000 104 34.0 21.3 48 12.7 24.7 171 10 307.1 310.2 297.8 355.7 16.12 2 950 566 29.5 20.5 59 9.0 22.9 176 15 307.1 310.1 297.8 355.8 16.17 3 900 1045 24.8 19.4 72 5.4 20.9 180 15 307.1 310.1 297.7 355.3 15.99 4 850 1544 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 193 13 307.2 310.2 297.6 354.6 15.69 5 800 2065 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.7 245 9 308.9 311.0 295.0 343.1 11.24 6 750 2613 14.5 6.9 60 7.6 9.9 291 12 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.2 8.36 7 700 3194 12.0 2.4 52 9.7 6.5 302 16 315.8 317.1 293.4 336.4 6.50 8 650 3811 8.3 -1.3 51 9.6 3.1 308 17 318.3 319.3 293.2 335.5 5.35 9 600 4467 4.5 -8.4 39 12.9 -1.4 310 17 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.5 3.39 10 550 5170 0.1 -11.1 42 11.3 -4.7 311 19 324.3 324.8 292.9 334.2 2.97 11 500 5926 -4.6 -21.3 26 16.7 -10.1 303 20 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.3 1.40 12 450 6746 -10.4 -27.4 23 17.0 -15.0 293 22 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.4 0.90 13 400 7640 -16.6 -36.8 16 20.2 -20.4 303 24 333.5 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.41 14 350 8633 -22.1 -56.7 3 34.7 -25.6 325 23 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 15 300 9749 -30.4 -45.8 21 15.4 -32.1 354 28 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.21 16 250 11015 -41.4 -51.6 32 10.2 -42.1 349 35 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.1 0.13 17 200 12489 -52.5 -69.0 12 16.5 -52.8 328 31 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14289 -65.6 -76.6 20 10.9 -65.7 5 36 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16694 -72.1 -85.4 12 13.3 -72.1 359 19 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.26 m Freezing level: 548.45 mb = 5193.47 m = 17038.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.81 mb = 4253.75 m = 13955.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.31 mb = 1683.69 m = 5523.85 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 23.27 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.51 mb = 1847.62 m = 6061.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.55 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1599.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.81 mb = 1709.45 m = 5608.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.81 mb = 1970.99 m = 6466.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.81 mb = 13932.30 m = 45709.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1598.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 23.30 Bulk Shear: 68.67 m/s