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 the city database file for: KCLL ... Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: KCLL Latitude: 30.58 Longitude: -96.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34.4 21.3 46 13.2 24.8 172 11 307.4 310.4 297.8 355.8 16.06 1 1000 103 34.2 21.0 46 13.2 24.6 173 10 307.3 310.3 297.7 355.1 15.85 2 950 565 29.6 20.1 56 9.6 22.7 177 15 307.3 310.2 297.6 354.7 15.73 3 900 1045 25.0 19.1 70 5.9 20.8 181 15 307.3 310.2 297.5 354.4 15.64 4 850 1544 20.2 17.9 87 2.3 18.6 191 13 307.3 310.2 297.4 353.7 15.37 5 800 2065 16.8 11.9 73 4.8 13.6 242 9 309.0 311.1 295.0 342.6 11.05 6 750 2614 14.5 6.9 60 7.6 9.9 289 12 312.3 313.9 293.9 338.2 8.36 7 700 3194 12.0 2.2 51 9.8 6.5 301 16 315.8 317.1 293.4 336.2 6.43 8 650 3811 8.2 -1.6 50 9.8 3.0 308 17 318.3 319.3 293.1 335.1 5.25 9 600 4467 4.5 -8.5 38 12.9 -1.5 311 17 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.4 3.36 10 550 5170 0.1 -11.0 43 11.2 -4.7 311 19 324.3 324.8 292.9 334.3 2.99 11 500 5926 -4.6 -21.7 25 17.1 -10.2 304 20 327.4 327.7 292.3 332.2 1.35 12 450 6746 -10.4 -27.1 24 16.7 -14.9 294 22 330.1 330.3 292.6 333.5 0.92 13 400 7640 -16.5 -37.1 15 20.6 -20.4 304 24 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.40 14 350 8633 -22.1 -55.8 3 33.7 -25.6 326 23 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 15 300 9749 -30.4 -46.0 20 15.6 -32.1 354 27 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.21 16 250 11015 -41.4 -52.0 31 10.6 -42.1 349 34 344.5 344.6 295.5 345.1 0.13 17 200 12490 -52.5 -68.8 12 16.3 -52.8 329 30 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14290 -65.6 -76.6 20 11.0 -65.7 5 36 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -72.1 -85.4 12 13.3 -72.1 360 19 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.86 m Freezing level: 548.45 mb = 5193.56 m = 17039.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4242.46 m = 13918.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.66 mb = 1752.27 m = 5748.83 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 23.38 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1948.42 m = 6392.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.34 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1421.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.18 mb = 1777.99 m = 5833.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.18 mb = 3408.90 m = 11183.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.18 mb = 13801.18 m = 45278.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1415.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 21.22 Bulk Shear: 66.98 m/s