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: 30.26,-98.08 Latitude: 30.26 Longitude: -98.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 165 SFC 984 311 25.5 22.7 85 2.7 23.5 125 2 300.0 303.3 297.2 352.8 17.99 2 950 617 24.6 21.7 84 2.9 22.5 175 10 302.2 305.4 297.4 353.7 17.44 3 900 1090 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 140 18 303.8 307.0 297.8 355.6 17.43 4 850 1585 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 120 19 305.4 307.9 295.7 346.1 13.59 5 800 2103 15.5 12.6 83 2.9 13.6 115 12 307.6 309.8 294.9 342.4 11.52 6 750 2649 12.7 9.8 83 2.8 10.9 127 10 310.3 312.3 294.7 341.6 10.23 7 700 3227 9.8 7.1 83 2.7 8.1 127 6 313.3 315.0 294.7 341.5 9.07 8 650 3839 6.1 2.1 75 4.0 3.8 165 5 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.5 6.86 9 600 4491 2.5 -4.7 59 7.2 -1.0 199 3 319.0 319.9 292.7 333.6 4.50 10 550 5191 -0.4 -16.3 29 15.9 -6.5 71 0 323.6 324.0 291.7 330.2 1.94 11 500 5946 -4.4 -31.1 10 26.7 -11.3 276 3 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.8 0.57 12 450 6767 -9.7 -33.0 13 23.3 -15.2 7 3 331.1 331.2 292.5 333.0 0.53 13 400 7663 -16.8 -31.8 26 15.0 -20.1 42 10 333.1 333.3 293.2 335.6 0.66 14 350 8650 -23.6 -38.6 24 15.0 -26.1 48 4 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.4 0.39 15 300 9760 -31.3 -48.9 16 17.5 -33.0 271 3 341.2 341.3 294.8 341.8 0.15 16 250 11023 -41.7 -50.4 38 8.7 -42.3 228 8 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.6 0.15 17 200 12494 -53.5 -62.9 31 9.4 -53.7 337 9 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14292 -64.3 -78.3 13 13.9 -64.4 20 22 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16708 -72.1 -85.2 12 13.0 -72.2 38 12 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.65 m Freezing level: 557.24 mb = 5089.55 m = 16697.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.64 mb = 4347.90 m = 14264.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.84 mb = 655.03 m = 2149.01 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 25.81 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1262.99 m = 4143.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1676.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.62 mb = 1035.80 m = 3398.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.62 mb = 1477.51 m = 4847.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.62 mb = 13486.70 m = 44247.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1671.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.3 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 167.3 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -56.3 tot: -50.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 769.76 Bulk Shear: 2.18 m/s