MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 30.92,-98.68 Latitude: 30.92 Longitude: -98.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 972 418 30.0 21.6 61 8.4 23.9 118 6 305.6 308.8 298.0 356.4 16.96 2 950 618 26.4 20.3 69 6.1 22.1 120 6 304.0 307.0 297.0 351.7 16.01 3 900 1093 21.7 19.3 87 2.3 20.0 124 7 303.8 306.8 296.8 351.1 15.89 4 850 1586 17.7 16.0 90 1.6 16.5 176 7 304.6 307.2 295.6 345.2 13.59 5 800 2104 15.3 12.9 86 2.4 13.7 196 6 307.4 309.6 295.0 342.9 11.76 6 750 2649 12.5 10.0 85 2.5 10.9 190 3 310.1 312.1 294.7 341.7 10.32 7 700 3226 9.5 6.7 83 2.8 7.8 144 4 313.0 314.7 294.4 340.4 8.82 8 650 3838 6.0 3.3 83 2.7 4.4 145 5 315.8 317.2 294.1 339.3 7.48 9 600 4491 2.5 -0.6 80 3.1 0.8 165 6 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.7 6.13 10 550 5190 -1.1 -7.9 60 6.9 -4.3 197 8 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.5 3.83 11 500 5944 -5.3 -18.7 34 13.5 -10.0 225 4 326.6 327.0 292.4 332.7 1.74 12 450 6764 -10.2 -28.3 21 18.1 -15.0 117 2 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.4 0.82 13 400 7658 -16.5 -37.8 14 21.3 -20.4 159 5 333.6 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.37 14 350 8647 -23.5 -38.9 23 15.4 -26.0 220 5 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.5 0.38 15 300 9756 -32.0 -47.0 21 15.0 -33.5 275 5 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.18 16 250 11015 -42.5 -56.3 21 13.9 -43.1 82 4 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 17 200 12486 -52.2 -66.9 15 14.7 -52.5 344 8 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14298 -64.9 -81.1 9 16.2 -65.0 354 14 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 19 100 16712 -71.9 -84.9 12 13.0 -71.9 31 16 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.50 m Freezing level: 564.80 mb = 4982.98 m = 16348.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.76 mb = 4601.73 m = 15097.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.14 mb = 1473.86 m = 4835.44 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.75 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1466.07 m = 4809.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.88 mb = 1426.47 m = 4679.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.88 mb = 1577.41 m = 5175.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.88 mb = 12780.16 m = 41929.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1217.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.88 mb = 16097.27 m = 52811.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.9 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 199.9 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 368.62 Bulk Shear: 3.32 m/s