MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.24,-95.83 Latitude: 30.24 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 1000 82 35.2 22.3 47 12.9 25.6 303 4 308.3 311.6 298.8 360.4 17.17 2 950 546 31.2 20.2 52 11.0 23.2 302 7 308.9 311.8 298.1 357.1 15.88 3 900 1028 26.6 19.3 64 7.3 21.3 300 7 308.9 311.9 298.1 357.0 15.85 4 850 1530 21.8 18.3 81 3.4 19.4 298 7 308.9 311.9 298.1 356.9 15.81 5 800 2054 17.4 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 290 11 309.7 312.5 297.6 354.7 14.77 6 750 2603 14.1 11.7 85 2.4 12.5 304 16 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.5 11.60 7 700 3183 10.4 5.9 74 4.5 7.6 331 18 314.0 315.6 294.3 340.0 8.34 8 650 3797 7.6 -3.1 46 10.7 2.1 337 19 317.6 318.5 292.4 332.6 4.67 9 600 4451 3.8 -13.5 27 17.3 -3.3 338 20 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.0 2.25 10 550 5154 1.2 -21.8 16 23.0 -6.7 347 20 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.7 1.21 11 500 5915 -2.5 -25.7 15 23.2 -9.6 344 21 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.5 0.94 12 450 6742 -8.2 -19.2 41 11.0 -12.1 331 14 332.9 333.3 294.2 339.5 1.87 13 400 7643 -15.3 -31.9 23 16.7 -19.0 338 11 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.6 0.66 14 350 8635 -23.1 -32.8 41 9.6 -25.0 338 12 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.2 0.69 15 300 9745 -31.6 -41.1 39 9.5 -32.8 322 18 340.8 340.9 294.8 342.2 0.35 16 250 11007 -42.0 -53.3 28 11.2 -42.7 304 18 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.11 17 200 12474 -53.7 -64.8 24 11.1 -53.9 329 33 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14277 -64.5 -83.1 6 18.6 -64.7 354 39 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16686 -71.8 -84.8 12 13.1 -71.8 18 20 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.27 m Freezing level: 533.86 mb = 5399.80 m = 17715.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.79 mb = 4042.29 m = 13261.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.59 % Est. max temperature: 35.78 C = 96.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.98 mb = 1725.47 m = 5660.91 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 32.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1998.97 m = 6558.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.67 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2100.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.57 mb = 1887.10 m = 6191.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.57 mb = 2154.57 m = 7068.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 150.57 mb = 14252.65 m = 46760.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2083.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 358.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 151.17 Bulk Shear: 13.89 m/s