MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 31.74,-94.66 Latitude: 31.74 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 118 33.8 21.9 50 11.9 25.0 194 8 306.9 310.0 298.2 357.4 16.76 1 1000 119 32.6 21.5 52 11.2 24.5 194 7 305.8 308.8 297.7 354.8 16.35 2 950 578 28.0 20.2 63 7.8 22.4 197 9 305.6 308.6 297.3 353.2 15.87 3 900 1055 23.4 19.1 77 4.2 20.4 200 10 305.6 308.5 297.1 352.5 15.66 4 850 1552 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 204 10 305.6 308.5 297.0 351.9 15.45 5 800 2070 15.4 9.1 66 6.3 11.4 236 11 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.2 9.09 6 750 2617 13.8 6.2 60 7.6 9.2 233 9 311.5 313.0 293.3 336.1 7.94 7 700 3195 10.4 3.9 64 6.5 6.6 234 14 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.7 7.26 8 650 3809 7.3 -2.6 50 9.8 2.2 253 19 317.2 318.1 292.5 332.8 4.88 9 600 4463 3.7 -10.9 33 14.6 -2.7 283 19 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.6 2.77 10 550 5163 -1.3 -4.2 81 2.9 -2.7 297 23 322.6 323.6 294.1 339.3 5.11 11 500 5917 -5.4 -11.2 63 5.8 -7.9 298 24 326.5 327.1 293.7 337.4 3.24 12 450 6736 -10.6 -24.5 31 13.9 -14.6 293 24 329.9 330.1 292.8 334.1 1.16 13 400 7632 -16.0 -36.2 16 20.2 -20.0 293 25 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.8 0.43 14 350 8623 -22.6 -34.4 33 11.8 -24.8 305 21 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.6 0.59 15 300 9736 -31.3 -44.2 27 12.9 -32.8 329 24 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.25 16 250 10998 -41.8 -57.2 17 15.4 -42.6 341 28 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 17 200 12471 -52.8 -72.8 7 20.0 -53.2 351 49 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14277 -64.8 -79.1 12 14.3 -64.9 323 32 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16689 -72.6 -85.6 12 13.0 -72.7 335 23 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.26 m Freezing level: 562.84 mb = 4982.93 m = 16348.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4096.77 m = 13440.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.24 mb = 1620.00 m = 5314.90 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 22.24 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1571.41 m = 5155.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1415.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.70 mb = 1564.80 m = 5133.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.70 mb = 1615.28 m = 5299.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.70 mb = 13355.96 m = 43818.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1408.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.1 neg: -6.1 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 54.25 Bulk Shear: 26.09 m/s