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: 29.38,-94.48 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -0 29.1 26.8 87 2.3 27.4 234 0 300.7 304.8 299.9 366.6 22.29 1 1000 153 27.9 25.6 87 2.3 26.2 229 2 301.1 304.9 299.4 363.4 21.10 2 950 611 25.4 22.1 82 3.2 23.0 192 3 302.9 306.2 297.9 356.1 17.92 3 900 1086 22.8 18.4 76 4.4 19.7 64 2 305.0 307.7 296.5 349.6 14.96 4 850 1582 19.3 15.7 80 3.6 16.8 45 8 306.3 308.8 295.8 346.3 13.32 5 800 2102 16.0 13.4 84 2.6 14.3 37 8 308.2 310.5 295.5 345.0 12.15 6 750 2648 12.2 8.6 79 3.5 10.0 4 7 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.6 9.42 7 700 3222 8.3 3.1 70 5.2 5.4 5 7 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.9 6.85 8 650 3831 5.3 2.4 82 2.9 3.6 8 8 314.9 316.3 293.6 336.9 7.00 9 600 4482 2.3 -0.6 81 2.9 0.7 360 8 318.8 319.9 293.9 338.3 6.10 10 550 5182 -1.2 -4.4 79 3.2 -2.8 17 12 322.7 323.7 294.1 339.2 5.04 11 500 5937 -4.9 -10.3 66 5.3 -7.2 30 3 327.0 327.7 294.0 338.8 3.51 12 450 6758 -9.8 -19.4 45 9.6 -13.0 198 5 331.0 331.3 293.7 337.4 1.84 13 400 7657 -15.3 -34.0 19 18.7 -19.3 172 5 335.1 335.3 293.6 337.2 0.54 14 350 8650 -22.5 -40.9 17 18.3 -25.4 164 10 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.6 0.31 15 300 9764 -30.8 -43.6 27 12.8 -32.3 118 13 341.9 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.27 16 250 11029 -41.1 -51.7 31 10.6 -41.8 130 14 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.13 17 200 12504 -53.0 -65.9 19 12.9 -53.2 131 11 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14302 -66.2 -74.6 30 8.4 -66.2 110 19 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16725 -70.7 -87.7 6 17.1 -70.8 78 13 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.64 m Freezing level: 566.90 mb = 4945.22 m = 16224.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.72 mb = 4621.17 m = 15161.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.81 % Est. max temperature: 34.23 C = 93.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.78 mb = 290.13 m = 951.86 ft T: 27.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 33.63 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1195.51 m = 3922.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.65 C = 92.58 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.57 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2563.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.22 mb = 823.93 m = 2703.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.22 mb = 1457.76 m = 4782.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.22 mb = 14620.16 m = 47965.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2541.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.8 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 46.8 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -12.7 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 273.59 Bulk Shear: 9.37 m/s 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: 29.38,-95.48 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 14 26.5 25.2 93 1.2 25.6 204 2 298.2 301.9 298.2 357.4 20.29 1 1000 153 28.0 24.2 80 3.8 25.2 197 9 301.2 304.7 298.4 358.2 19.34 2 950 609 25.2 22.0 82 3.2 22.9 150 8 302.7 306.0 297.8 355.3 17.74 3 900 1085 24.7 11.7 44 13.0 16.3 181 5 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.2 9.66 4 850 1583 22.1 1.8 26 20.3 10.7 323 1 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.2 5.12 5 800 2105 18.5 2.2 34 16.3 9.3 14 5 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.3 5.60 6 750 2654 13.3 8.0 70 5.3 10.0 37 5 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.8 9.03 7 700 3230 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.3 22 5 312.2 313.9 294.0 338.7 8.55 8 650 3840 5.1 -0.6 66 5.8 2.1 9 9 314.8 315.9 292.4 332.6 5.62 9 600 4489 1.4 -8.5 48 9.8 -3.0 21 13 317.7 318.4 291.3 328.7 3.36 10 550 5185 -1.8 -3.4 89 1.6 -2.6 41 12 322.0 323.1 294.2 339.7 5.44 11 500 5940 -5.5 -6.4 93 1.0 -6.0 59 6 326.4 327.3 294.8 342.1 4.73 12 450 6758 -11.0 -13.1 84 2.1 -11.9 38 2 329.4 330.0 294.3 340.0 3.10 13 400 7656 -15.5 -22.9 53 7.3 -17.7 94 4 334.8 335.1 294.4 340.3 1.52 14 350 8649 -22.6 -37.8 24 15.2 -25.2 116 6 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.42 15 300 9761 -31.0 -40.4 39 9.3 -32.3 111 13 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.1 0.38 16 250 11026 -41.1 -47.5 50 6.4 -41.6 108 16 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.8 0.21 17 200 12501 -53.0 -64.3 24 11.4 -53.2 138 15 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.2 -76.5 20 11.3 -65.3 109 14 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16722 -71.1 -85.1 11 14.0 -71.1 72 14 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.50 m Freezing level: 578.01 mb = 4795.03 m = 15731.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.69 mb = 4097.27 m = 13442.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.12 % Est. max temperature: 36.79 C = 98.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.66 mb = 165.07 m = 541.57 ft T: 27.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 33.04 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.81 mb = 2021.67 m = 6632.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.86 C = 101.95 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: 8.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 7.25 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 30.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1623.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.59 mb = 1011.13 m = 3317.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.59 mb = 2512.23 m = 8242.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.59 mb = 13796.80 m = 45264.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1606.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.8 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 65.8 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -25.9 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 55.82 Bulk Shear: 29.08 m/s