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: 29.45,-94.87 Latitude: 29.45 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29.1 26.6 86 2.5 27.2 181 3 300.8 304.8 299.8 365.8 22.04 1 1000 152 28.0 25.5 86 2.6 26.2 193 5 301.2 305.0 299.3 363.0 20.94 2 950 610 25.3 23.6 90 1.7 24.1 168 4 302.9 306.5 299.0 361.3 19.68 3 900 1085 23.8 15.4 59 8.4 18.1 62 2 306.0 308.3 295.0 342.9 12.30 4 850 1582 20.8 10.7 53 10.0 14.3 21 7 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.0 9.58 5 800 2103 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.2 32 7 308.8 311.1 295.5 344.9 11.87 6 750 2650 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 10.9 22 7 310.2 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.32 7 700 3226 8.3 4.7 78 3.6 6.2 8 11 311.7 313.1 293.2 335.4 7.66 8 650 3834 5.2 -1.2 63 6.4 1.8 9 12 314.8 315.9 292.2 331.9 5.39 9 600 4485 2.1 -3.7 65 5.8 -0.8 5 11 318.6 319.5 292.9 334.2 4.85 10 550 5183 -1.1 -4.5 77 3.4 -2.9 16 12 322.8 323.8 294.1 339.0 4.97 11 500 5938 -5.4 -8.7 77 3.3 -6.9 27 10 326.5 327.3 294.3 339.8 3.97 12 450 6758 -10.2 -14.8 69 4.6 -12.0 331 2 330.4 330.9 294.2 339.7 2.69 13 400 7657 -15.2 -32.9 21 17.6 -19.1 148 3 335.2 335.4 293.7 337.5 0.60 14 350 8651 -22.7 -40.4 18 17.8 -25.4 152 7 338.2 338.3 294.2 339.5 0.32 15 300 9763 -31.0 -42.3 32 11.3 -32.4 116 13 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.9 0.31 16 250 11028 -41.1 -48.9 43 7.8 -41.7 118 16 344.9 345.0 295.7 345.6 0.18 17 200 12502 -52.9 -65.6 20 12.7 -53.2 133 14 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14301 -65.7 -75.4 25 9.7 -65.7 111 17 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16724 -70.8 -86.6 8 15.8 -70.9 80 13 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.94 m Freezing level: 567.14 mb = 4943.87 m = 16219.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.18 mb = 4281.67 m = 14047.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.32 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.70 mb = 317.19 m = 1040.63 ft T: 27.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 28.85 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1382.77 m = 4536.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.90 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 16.12 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2850.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.17 mb = 795.33 m = 2609.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.17 mb = 1837.21 m = 6027.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 135.17 mb = 14923.50 m = 48961.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2786.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 16.7 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 46.7 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -4.8 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 135.64 Bulk Shear: 21.01 m/s