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: 30.99,-101.32 Latitude: 30.99 Longitude: -101.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 1 950 602 SFC 928 805 28.4 19.5 59 8.9 22.0 159 8 308.0 310.9 297.7 355.2 15.59 3 900 1079 23.7 18.3 72 5.4 19.9 161 9 305.9 308.7 296.7 350.4 14.85 4 850 1576 18.8 17.0 90 1.8 17.6 163 10 305.8 308.6 296.5 349.4 14.53 5 800 2095 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 13.9 174 16 308.0 310.2 295.2 343.8 11.81 6 750 2641 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 10.9 180 15 310.6 312.5 294.7 341.7 10.17 7 700 3219 9.8 6.0 77 3.8 7.5 178 17 313.4 315.0 294.2 339.6 8.43 8 650 3831 6.6 2.0 72 4.6 4.0 174 20 316.4 317.7 293.9 338.0 6.83 9 600 4485 3.1 -1.1 74 4.2 0.8 168 16 319.7 320.8 294.0 338.6 5.88 10 550 5186 -0.6 -6.6 64 6.0 -3.5 172 14 323.3 324.2 293.6 337.3 4.23 11 500 5942 -4.7 -11.6 58 6.9 -7.7 179 13 327.3 327.9 293.8 337.9 3.14 12 450 6762 -10.3 -14.0 74 3.7 -11.8 174 13 330.3 330.9 294.4 340.2 2.88 13 400 7659 -16.5 -26.6 41 10.1 -19.1 167 15 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.5 1.09 14 350 8648 -23.4 -33.7 38 10.3 -25.4 184 12 337.2 337.3 294.2 339.6 0.63 15 300 9755 -32.1 -43.3 32 11.2 -33.4 175 10 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.28 16 250 11019 -41.3 -59.1 13 17.8 -42.2 127 7 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.05 17 200 12495 -51.8 -69.1 11 17.3 -52.1 334 21 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14307 -64.8 -78.2 14 13.4 -64.9 1 9 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16720 -72.5 -85.5 12 13.0 -72.5 38 13 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.96 m Freezing level: 558.56 mb = 5065.56 m = 16619.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.31 mb = 4615.95 m = 15144.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.38 mb = 1921.24 m = 6303.20 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 17.16 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1988.78 m = 6524.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 886.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.35 mb = 1827.65 m = 5996.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.35 mb = 2305.26 m = 7563.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.35 mb = 12483.55 m = 40956.03 ft B at Equ Level: 876.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.35 mb = 15617.44 m = 51237.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 173.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 203.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 180.17 Bulk Shear: 4.92 m/s