MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.35,-95.00 Latitude: 29.35 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 27.9 26.0 90 1.9 26.5 200 4 299.6 303.5 299.1 362.1 21.29 1 1000 153 28.3 24.7 81 3.6 25.6 200 7 301.4 305.1 298.7 360.2 19.90 2 950 610 25.0 23.4 91 1.6 23.8 160 5 302.5 306.1 298.7 359.9 19.36 3 900 1085 24.1 13.3 51 10.8 16.9 83 2 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.5 10.70 4 850 1582 21.3 7.4 41 13.8 12.8 19 6 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.63 5 800 2104 17.2 10.0 62 7.3 12.6 22 8 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.0 9.66 6 750 2651 12.7 10.0 83 2.8 11.0 27 8 310.4 312.4 294.8 341.9 10.31 7 700 3227 8.5 5.2 80 3.3 6.5 7 10 311.8 313.4 293.4 336.4 7.95 8 650 3836 5.2 -2.8 56 8.0 1.1 3 13 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.1 4.81 9 600 4485 2.0 -4.6 61 6.6 -1.3 4 12 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.52 10 550 5184 -1.2 -3.9 82 2.6 -2.6 22 11 322.6 323.6 294.3 339.7 5.23 11 500 5939 -5.4 -8.3 80 2.8 -6.8 27 9 326.4 327.2 294.3 340.1 4.10 12 450 6758 -10.5 -14.7 71 4.2 -12.1 346 2 330.1 330.6 294.2 339.5 2.72 13 400 7656 -15.3 -33.2 20 17.9 -19.2 124 3 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.3 0.58 14 350 8650 -22.7 -40.9 17 18.2 -25.5 140 7 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.4 0.31 15 300 9762 -31.0 -42.7 31 11.7 -32.4 113 14 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.30 16 250 11027 -41.1 -49.6 40 8.5 -41.7 117 16 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.6 0.17 17 200 12502 -53.0 -65.6 20 12.6 -53.3 139 14 348.8 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.6 -75.8 23 10.2 -65.7 107 16 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16723 -70.8 -86.1 9 15.4 -70.9 78 13 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.79 m Freezing level: 569.20 mb = 4915.74 m = 16127.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.42 mb = 4135.59 m = 13568.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.71 % Est. max temperature: 36.05 C = 96.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.55 mb = 237.41 m = 778.88 ft T: 27.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 30.35 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1633.71 m = 5359.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.90 C = 98.41 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.11 C Showalter Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 12.87 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2330.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.08 mb = 862.30 m = 2829.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.08 mb = 2123.97 m = 6968.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.08 mb = 14378.19 m = 47171.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2316.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 46.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -11.9 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 81.68 Bulk Shear: 28.53 m/s