MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 30.53,-96.46 Latitude: 30.53 Longitude: -96.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 81 26.2 25.3 95 0.9 25.6 136 2 298.9 302.7 298.5 359.2 20.61 1 1000 121 26.0 25.1 95 0.8 25.4 147 2 299.1 302.8 298.5 359.1 20.51 2 950 573 23.6 19.7 79 3.9 20.8 227 13 301.1 303.9 295.8 346.3 15.35 3 900 1045 21.1 20.6 97 0.4 20.8 204 12 303.2 306.4 297.6 354.5 17.27 4 850 1540 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.0 254 6 305.7 308.5 296.9 351.3 15.21 5 800 2059 16.3 12.6 78 3.8 13.8 313 7 308.6 310.7 295.1 343.5 11.53 6 750 2607 13.9 7.7 66 6.1 10.1 318 13 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.0 8.86 7 700 3185 10.2 6.0 75 4.2 7.6 321 15 313.7 315.3 294.3 339.9 8.39 8 650 3798 5.8 3.3 84 2.5 4.4 319 13 315.5 316.9 294.1 339.0 7.49 9 600 4449 1.5 -0.8 84 2.3 0.3 324 11 317.9 319.0 293.6 337.1 6.02 10 550 5146 -1.0 -8.9 55 7.9 -4.6 322 9 322.8 323.5 292.9 334.6 3.54 11 500 5901 -4.9 -13.0 53 8.1 -8.2 322 8 327.1 327.7 293.5 336.7 2.82 12 450 6723 -9.5 -17.0 54 7.6 -12.2 334 6 331.3 331.8 294.1 339.2 2.24 13 400 7622 -15.5 -26.8 37 11.3 -18.5 308 10 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.8 1.06 14 350 8618 -22.0 -43.3 13 21.3 -25.1 297 21 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.24 15 300 9731 -31.0 -51.6 11 20.6 -32.8 296 25 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.11 16 250 10994 -41.8 -50.6 38 8.8 -42.4 300 28 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.15 17 200 12462 -54.2 -61.8 39 7.6 -54.4 308 33 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14255 -66.5 -74.5 32 8.0 -66.6 310 31 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16658 -72.3 -84.2 15 11.9 -72.4 357 11 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.38 m Freezing level: 570.44 mb = 4861.17 m = 15948.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.39 mb = 4483.68 m = 14710.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.35 mb = 188.73 m = 619.20 ft T: 25.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.53 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1188.84 m = 3900.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1169.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.94 mb = 815.76 m = 2676.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.94 mb = 2731.49 m = 8961.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.94 mb = 13513.94 m = 44336.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: -20.5 tot: 50.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 55.42 Bulk Shear: 21.10 m/s