MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 30.63,-96.31 Latitude: 30.63 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 82 34.5 21.2 46 13.3 24.8 173 10 307.4 310.4 297.8 355.8 16.05 1 1000 105 34.2 20.9 46 13.3 24.6 173 10 307.4 310.3 297.7 355.0 15.80 2 950 567 29.7 20.0 56 9.7 22.7 177 14 307.4 310.3 297.6 354.7 15.70 3 900 1047 25.1 19.2 70 5.8 20.9 181 14 307.3 310.3 297.7 354.9 15.78 4 850 1546 20.2 18.1 88 2.1 18.7 186 14 307.3 310.2 297.5 354.3 15.57 5 800 2068 16.6 13.8 83 2.8 14.7 244 10 308.8 311.2 295.9 346.7 12.47 6 750 2616 14.6 8.0 65 6.6 10.5 279 9 312.5 314.2 294.4 340.4 9.03 7 700 3197 11.7 4.7 62 7.0 7.5 282 11 315.4 316.9 294.2 339.5 7.68 8 650 3814 8.2 0.5 58 7.8 3.9 295 10 318.3 319.5 293.7 337.8 6.09 9 600 4470 4.3 -6.7 45 11.0 -0.9 310 9 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.9 3.87 10 550 5172 -0.1 -7.2 59 7.1 -3.5 300 11 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.06 11 500 5929 -4.3 -16.6 38 12.3 -8.9 296 15 327.8 328.2 293.0 335.0 2.09 12 450 6750 -9.7 -30.4 17 20.7 -14.9 292 16 331.1 331.2 292.7 333.6 0.68 13 400 7647 -16.2 -32.4 23 16.2 -19.8 298 17 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.2 0.63 14 350 8638 -22.8 -39.6 20 16.8 -25.5 312 13 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.3 0.35 15 300 9751 -30.6 -48.8 15 18.2 -32.4 330 17 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.9 0.15 16 250 11020 -40.1 -58.7 12 18.6 -41.1 347 27 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 17 200 12500 -52.5 -78.6 3 26.2 -52.8 359 27 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.00 18 150 14302 -65.6 -74.2 29 8.7 -65.6 353 35 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16703 -72.7 -86.1 11 13.4 -72.8 5 20 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.69 m Freezing level: 551.25 mb = 5154.66 m = 16911.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.80 mb = 4336.82 m = 14228.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.31 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.82 mb = 1763.30 m = 5785.04 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1919.82 m = 6298.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.49 C = 95.87 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.25 mb = 1789.98 m = 5872.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.25 mb = 2054.05 m = 6738.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.25 mb = 2378.44 m = 7803.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 741.25 mb = 2714.65 m = 8906.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 41.33 Bulk Shear: 33.38 m/s