MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 28.82,-95.20 Latitude: 28.82 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -0 29.7 28.6 94 1.1 28.9 200 10 301.5 306.0 301.5 375.6 24.93 1 1000 147 28.1 27.0 94 1.1 27.3 207 10 301.2 305.5 300.4 369.3 22.99 2 950 604 24.7 22.3 86 2.4 22.9 219 12 302.3 305.6 297.8 355.8 18.10 3 900 1077 21.2 18.0 82 3.3 19.0 231 12 303.4 306.1 295.9 346.6 14.57 4 850 1570 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 249 7 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.8 10.53 5 800 2088 16.4 9.0 61 7.5 11.8 251 6 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.2 9.03 6 750 2635 13.3 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 249 5 311.1 313.0 294.8 342.1 10.10 7 700 3214 10.4 6.0 74 4.3 7.8 221 4 314.0 315.6 294.4 340.3 8.43 8 650 3827 7.0 0.9 65 6.1 3.6 212 3 316.9 318.1 293.6 336.9 6.30 9 600 4481 3.0 -3.3 63 6.2 -0.2 278 3 319.6 320.5 293.3 335.7 5.01 10 550 5181 -0.7 -12.4 41 11.7 -5.6 303 5 323.2 323.8 292.3 332.2 2.68 11 500 5936 -4.9 -19.7 30 14.8 -10.0 266 2 327.1 327.4 292.4 332.7 1.60 12 450 6755 -10.5 -17.4 57 6.9 -12.9 153 2 330.1 330.5 293.7 337.6 2.17 13 400 7650 -16.7 -23.4 56 6.7 -18.6 114 2 333.2 333.5 293.9 338.4 1.45 14 350 8641 -22.6 -45.4 11 22.9 -25.6 349 6 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.19 15 300 9753 -31.2 -48.4 17 17.1 -32.9 354 7 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.16 16 250 11017 -41.2 -59.4 12 18.3 -42.1 0 11 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 17 200 12493 -52.8 -70.2 10 17.5 -53.1 10 13 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14293 -65.3 -77.9 16 12.6 -65.4 24 15 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16694 -73.9 -85.3 16 11.3 -74.0 28 17 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.12 m Freezing level: 559.82 mb = 5043.22 m = 16545.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.82 mb = 4442.73 m = 14575.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.19 mb = 135.96 m = 446.05 ft T: 28.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 39.38 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.64 mb = 774.51 m = 2541.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.94 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2932.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.29 mb = 684.39 m = 2245.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.29 mb = 824.90 m = 2706.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.29 mb = 14860.74 m = 48755.12 ft B at Equ Level: 2894.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -1.5 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 552.53 Bulk Shear: 5.31 m/s