MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 29.62,-95.17 Latitude: 29.62 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 8 28.2 25.9 87 2.3 26.5 94 1 299.9 303.7 299.1 361.9 21.11 1 1000 162 27.5 25.1 87 2.4 25.7 159 3 300.6 304.4 298.9 361.0 20.48 2 950 618 24.3 22.4 89 2.0 22.9 148 8 301.9 305.2 297.8 355.6 18.20 3 900 1091 20.8 18.0 84 2.9 18.8 119 13 303.0 305.7 295.7 346.0 14.54 4 850 1584 18.1 14.8 81 3.4 15.8 105 19 305.1 307.5 294.9 342.6 12.52 5 800 2102 15.4 12.0 80 3.4 13.2 105 13 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.2 11.11 6 750 2647 12.5 8.8 78 3.7 10.2 88 5 310.2 312.0 294.1 339.4 9.53 7 700 3223 9.4 5.7 78 3.6 7.2 78 5 312.8 314.4 293.9 338.4 8.25 8 650 3835 6.1 1.8 74 4.3 3.7 60 3 315.8 317.1 293.6 337.0 6.70 9 600 4488 2.7 -2.8 67 5.5 -0.2 46 3 319.3 320.3 293.3 336.0 5.19 10 550 5187 -0.6 -18.2 25 17.6 -7.0 10 4 323.4 323.7 291.5 329.0 1.65 11 500 5942 -4.8 -22.4 24 17.5 -10.5 330 7 327.1 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.27 12 450 6762 -10.3 -17.8 54 7.5 -12.9 336 15 330.3 330.7 293.7 337.6 2.09 13 400 7658 -16.4 -24.9 48 8.4 -18.7 344 13 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.2 1.27 14 350 8647 -23.5 -38.4 24 15.0 -25.9 328 9 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.7 0.40 15 300 9756 -32.0 -45.5 25 13.5 -33.4 333 2 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.22 16 250 11017 -41.7 -50.1 40 8.3 -42.3 316 6 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.16 17 200 12489 -53.5 -59.0 51 5.4 -53.7 335 18 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 18 150 14285 -64.7 -79.3 12 14.7 -64.8 22 20 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16702 -71.9 -85.4 12 13.5 -71.9 35 12 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.24 m Freezing level: 559.28 mb = 5057.15 m = 16591.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.05 mb = 4459.85 m = 14631.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.77 mb = 298.44 m = 979.13 ft T: 26.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 32.83 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.46 mb = 875.26 m = 2871.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.02 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2307.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.12 mb = 737.52 m = 2419.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.12 mb = 973.78 m = 3194.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.12 mb = 14197.90 m = 46580.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2288.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 122.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -36.1 tot: -36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 452.00 Bulk Shear: 5.11 m/s