MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.49,-98.56 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 144 SFC 987 261 37.8 18.1 32 19.7 23.8 138 5 312.1 314.6 297.3 353.3 13.39 2 950 609 32.0 17.2 41 14.8 21.6 138 5 309.6 312.1 296.5 349.4 13.07 3 900 1091 27.2 16.3 51 10.9 19.6 135 5 309.5 312.0 296.4 349.1 13.03 4 850 1593 22.2 15.1 64 7.1 17.3 132 4 309.4 311.8 296.3 348.3 12.79 5 800 2117 17.2 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 122 4 309.5 311.9 296.0 347.1 12.33 6 750 2665 13.4 7.0 65 6.4 9.5 26 7 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.0 8.40 7 700 3242 10.2 1.0 53 9.2 5.2 27 10 313.8 315.0 292.4 332.4 5.90 8 650 3854 6.1 -4.0 48 10.0 1.1 32 8 315.8 316.7 291.7 329.8 4.38 9 600 4504 1.4 -7.2 53 8.5 -2.6 10 4 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.8 3.72 10 550 5200 -2.0 -21.4 21 19.4 -8.3 18 4 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.26 11 500 5950 -6.3 -20.4 32 14.1 -10.9 30 5 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.6 1.50 12 450 6767 -10.9 -15.3 70 4.4 -12.6 99 4 329.5 330.0 293.9 338.4 2.58 13 400 7662 -16.6 -21.4 66 4.8 -18.0 112 6 333.4 333.8 294.2 339.6 1.73 14 350 8652 -23.5 -42.4 16 18.9 -26.2 98 13 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.26 15 300 9761 -31.3 -51.6 12 20.4 -33.0 96 15 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.11 16 250 11028 -41.0 -56.6 17 15.7 -41.8 116 19 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 17 200 12503 -53.2 -63.1 29 9.8 -53.5 110 29 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14302 -65.2 -76.3 20 11.1 -65.3 80 13 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16724 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.9 121 14 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.38 m Freezing level: 579.33 mb = 4791.63 m = 15720.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 4040.96 m = 13257.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.19 C = 95.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.95 mb = 2721.13 m = 8927.48 ft T: 13.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 27.13 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.86 mb = 2643.56 m = 8672.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.80 C = 98.24 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 978.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.13 mb = 2517.21 m = 8258.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.13 mb = 2912.39 m = 9554.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.13 mb = 12885.90 m = 42276.07 ft B at Equ Level: 969.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.13 mb = 15728.60 m = 51602.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 47.4 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 77.4 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -4.4 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 133.46 Bulk Shear: 7.33 m/s