MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 24.98,-96.85 Latitude: 24.98 Longitude: -96.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -1 29.0 25.4 81 3.6 26.3 134 10 300.7 304.4 298.9 360.9 20.42 1 1000 145 27.5 24.4 83 3.1 25.2 135 11 300.6 304.2 298.4 358.4 19.62 2 950 600 23.8 20.5 82 3.3 21.5 137 9 301.3 304.3 296.4 348.9 16.18 3 900 1071 21.1 14.0 64 7.1 16.4 138 9 303.2 305.3 293.5 336.6 11.24 4 850 1565 18.9 12.7 67 6.2 14.8 129 6 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.8 10.91 5 800 2085 16.9 8.1 56 8.8 11.4 175 3 309.1 310.7 293.1 335.1 8.49 6 750 2632 13.7 5.8 59 7.9 9.0 205 3 311.5 312.9 293.2 335.4 7.76 7 700 3210 10.2 3.9 65 6.3 6.5 143 2 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.4 7.24 8 650 3823 6.6 0.5 65 6.1 3.3 95 3 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.9 6.13 9 600 4475 2.5 -3.1 66 5.6 -0.4 101 7 319.0 320.0 293.2 335.4 5.07 10 550 5174 -1.4 -7.2 65 5.8 -4.1 117 11 322.4 323.2 293.3 335.7 4.05 11 500 5928 -5.6 -15.7 45 10.1 -9.4 121 13 326.2 326.7 292.8 333.9 2.25 12 450 6746 -10.4 -25.6 28 15.2 -14.7 117 13 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.9 1.05 13 400 7643 -16.2 -28.0 35 11.9 -19.1 115 10 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.5 0.95 14 350 8633 -23.1 -35.0 33 12.0 -25.2 116 14 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.8 0.56 15 300 9743 -31.3 -42.3 33 10.9 -32.7 108 14 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.4 0.31 16 250 11008 -41.3 -51.6 32 10.2 -42.0 74 17 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.2 0.13 17 200 12479 -53.5 -65.0 23 11.5 -53.8 72 16 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14280 -65.8 -75.4 25 9.6 -65.9 83 21 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16681 -72.8 -85.0 14 12.2 -72.8 75 27 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.56 m Freezing level: 567.96 mb = 4923.05 m = 16151.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.93 mb = 4408.71 m = 14464.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.79 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.25 mb = 458.79 m = 1505.21 ft T: 24.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 24.23 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1318.61 m = 4326.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 30.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1143.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.71 mb = 901.54 m = 2957.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.71 mb = 2827.29 m = 9275.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.71 mb = 13397.37 m = 43954.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1130.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.3 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 157.3 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -3.7 tot: -2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 703.04 Bulk Shear: 1.63 m/s