MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.75,-95.50 Latitude: 29.75 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 22 26.0 25.7 98 0.3 25.8 164 1 297.9 301.6 298.4 358.6 20.88 1 1000 151 26.6 24.5 89 2.0 25.1 209 7 299.7 303.3 298.2 357.6 19.75 2 950 605 23.8 22.2 91 1.6 22.6 215 13 301.3 304.6 297.5 354.4 18.02 3 900 1077 20.5 18.1 86 2.3 18.8 219 16 302.6 305.3 295.7 346.1 14.69 4 850 1569 17.7 14.0 79 3.7 15.3 205 9 304.7 306.9 294.4 340.4 11.94 5 800 2086 15.5 10.3 71 5.3 12.2 177 6 307.7 309.6 293.7 337.6 9.87 6 750 2632 13.2 7.4 68 5.8 9.6 159 3 310.9 312.5 293.7 337.5 8.66 7 700 3210 9.9 4.0 66 6.0 6.5 78 1 313.5 314.9 293.4 336.2 7.29 8 650 3822 6.4 -1.1 59 7.5 2.4 38 3 316.2 317.3 292.6 333.5 5.42 9 600 4473 2.0 -9.5 42 11.5 -3.0 38 3 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.10 10 550 5171 -0.8 -33.5 6 32.7 -9.0 19 7 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.41 11 500 5926 -4.7 -33.5 8 28.8 -11.7 10 6 327.3 327.4 291.4 329.0 0.45 12 450 6745 -9.9 -38.4 8 28.5 -15.7 42 6 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 13 400 7641 -16.3 -37.0 15 20.7 -20.3 18 4 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.40 14 350 8632 -23.3 -43.7 14 20.4 -26.1 339 4 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.23 15 300 9742 -31.4 -50.1 14 18.6 -33.1 324 11 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.13 16 250 11005 -41.6 -54.1 25 12.5 -42.3 348 15 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.10 17 200 12478 -52.4 -69.1 12 16.7 -52.8 337 17 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14280 -65.2 -79.8 12 14.6 -65.3 9 16 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 19 100 16687 -74.4 -84.8 18 10.5 -74.4 1 17 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.06 m Freezing level: 564.44 mb = 4969.38 m = 16303.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 4105.02 m = 13467.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1011.16 mb = 53.20 m = 174.54 ft T: 26.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 34.03 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 848.64 m = 2784.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.75 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1723.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.00 mb = 687.99 m = 2257.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.00 mb = 1018.62 m = 3341.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.00 mb = 13645.06 m = 44766.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1717.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -23.4 tot: -9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2758.27 Bulk Shear: 0.62 m/s