MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 24.96,-94.06 Latitude: 24.96 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 -0 29.0 26.7 87 2.3 27.3 68 8 301.1 305.2 300.0 366.9 22.24 1 1000 107 27.8 26.0 90 1.8 26.4 67 9 300.9 304.9 299.6 364.7 21.59 2 950 563 24.6 23.6 94 1.0 23.9 85 9 302.1 305.8 298.8 360.4 19.69 3 900 1036 21.3 20.0 92 1.4 20.4 122 10 303.5 306.6 297.2 352.7 16.56 4 850 1530 18.6 14.5 77 4.0 15.8 130 6 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.5 12.32 5 800 2051 18.5 1.5 32 17.0 9.0 105 6 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.5 5.33 6 750 2600 15.0 -0.7 34 15.8 6.6 104 5 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.84 7 700 3180 11.7 -1.1 41 12.9 4.8 90 3 315.5 316.4 292.1 331.4 5.03 8 650 3796 8.5 -5.6 36 14.1 1.5 21 1 318.6 319.3 292.0 331.1 3.87 9 600 4451 4.0 -8.3 40 12.3 -1.7 345 3 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.0 3.42 10 550 5152 -0.2 -18.0 25 17.8 -6.7 356 3 323.9 324.2 291.6 329.7 1.69 11 500 5908 -4.6 -16.6 38 12.0 -9.1 60 3 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.6 2.08 12 450 6730 -9.4 -26.8 23 17.5 -14.2 101 8 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.9 0.95 13 400 7629 -15.4 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.8 64 13 334.9 335.1 293.8 338.0 0.83 14 350 8621 -22.8 -36.3 28 13.4 -25.2 52 11 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.8 0.49 15 300 9732 -31.1 -47.8 18 16.7 -32.8 46 19 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.2 0.17 16 250 10996 -41.7 -57.3 17 15.6 -42.5 38 20 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.07 17 200 12467 -53.2 -69.1 13 15.9 -53.5 48 23 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14263 -66.1 -76.6 22 10.5 -66.2 62 21 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16653 -73.1 -84.0 17 10.9 -73.2 83 15 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.87 m Freezing level: 551.97 mb = 5124.72 m = 16813.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.06 mb = 4103.05 m = 13461.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.31 mb = 292.40 m = 959.32 ft T: 26.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 39.42 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.57 mb = 705.98 m = 2316.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2834.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.62 mb = 621.59 m = 2039.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.62 mb = 761.89 m = 2499.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.62 mb = 2065.33 m = 6775.95 ft B at Equ Level: 44.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.7 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 116.7 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: -2.2 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 1222.10 Bulk Shear: 2.32 m/s