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,-94.98 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.1 26.1 89 2.0 26.6 199 4 299.8 303.7 299.2 362.6 21.39 1 1000 153 28.2 24.7 82 3.4 25.6 200 6 301.3 305.0 298.8 360.4 20.01 2 950 610 25.1 23.5 91 1.6 23.9 161 4 302.6 306.2 298.8 360.5 19.51 3 900 1085 24.1 13.5 52 10.5 17.1 73 2 306.3 308.3 294.1 339.1 10.90 4 850 1582 21.2 8.0 42 13.2 13.0 18 6 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.5 7.92 5 800 2104 17.1 10.8 67 6.3 13.0 24 8 309.4 311.3 294.4 340.5 10.23 6 750 2651 12.7 10.0 84 2.7 11.0 26 7 310.4 312.3 294.8 342.1 10.37 7 700 3227 8.4 5.1 79 3.3 6.5 7 10 311.8 313.3 293.4 336.2 7.89 8 650 3835 5.2 -2.6 57 7.7 1.3 5 13 314.8 315.8 291.8 330.3 4.87 9 600 4485 2.0 -4.6 62 6.6 -1.3 4 12 318.5 319.3 292.6 333.1 4.53 10 550 5184 -1.2 -4.0 81 2.8 -2.6 20 11 322.7 323.7 294.2 339.6 5.17 11 500 5939 -5.4 -8.4 80 2.9 -6.8 27 10 326.4 327.2 294.3 340.0 4.07 12 450 6758 -10.4 -14.6 71 4.2 -12.1 344 2 330.1 330.7 294.2 339.5 2.73 13 400 7657 -15.3 -32.9 21 17.6 -19.1 128 3 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.60 14 350 8650 -22.7 -40.7 18 18.0 -25.5 142 7 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.4 0.31 15 300 9762 -31.0 -42.4 32 11.5 -32.4 114 14 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.30 16 250 11028 -41.1 -49.2 41 8.1 -41.7 116 16 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.6 0.17 17 200 12502 -53.0 -65.7 20 12.7 -53.2 137 14 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.6 -75.7 23 10.1 -65.7 108 16 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16723 -70.8 -86.2 8 15.5 -70.9 79 13 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.89 m Freezing level: 568.67 mb = 4923.11 m = 16151.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.19 mb = 4151.39 m = 13619.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 36.01 C = 96.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.05 mb = 250.84 m = 822.97 ft T: 27.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 27.94 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.95 mb = 1603.03 m = 5259.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.19 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.24 C Showalter Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 13.41 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2419.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.49 mb = 848.91 m = 2785.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.49 mb = 2002.19 m = 6568.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.49 mb = 14321.58 m = 46986.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2416.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 46.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -10.0 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 91.37 Bulk Shear: 26.48 m/s