MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.41,-98.50 Latitude: 29.41 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 991 213 38.0 17.6 30 20.4 23.5 102 2 312.0 314.4 297.0 351.5 12.87 2 950 596 31.9 16.6 40 15.3 21.2 102 2 309.5 311.9 296.2 348.0 12.63 3 900 1078 27.1 15.7 50 11.4 19.2 101 1 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.6 12.55 4 850 1580 22.2 15.0 64 7.2 17.2 100 1 309.4 311.8 296.2 348.0 12.70 5 800 2103 17.0 13.8 81 3.2 14.8 67 0 309.3 311.7 296.0 347.3 12.50 6 750 2650 12.7 11.1 90 1.6 11.7 311 8 310.4 312.5 295.4 344.4 11.13 7 700 3228 9.4 6.7 83 2.7 7.8 306 14 312.9 314.6 294.4 340.3 8.84 8 650 3839 5.8 1.6 75 4.1 3.5 310 15 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.4 6.64 9 600 4490 2.4 -2.2 72 4.6 0.0 317 13 318.9 320.0 293.4 336.4 5.44 10 550 5189 -1.6 -4.4 81 2.8 -3.0 329 12 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.6 5.02 11 500 5943 -5.4 -13.1 54 7.8 -8.5 329 8 326.5 327.1 293.3 335.9 2.78 12 450 6763 -9.6 -25.3 27 15.6 -14.2 337 7 331.1 331.4 293.1 335.1 1.09 13 400 7661 -16.0 -22.5 57 6.5 -18.0 6 9 334.1 334.5 294.3 339.7 1.57 14 350 8652 -22.9 -27.4 67 4.5 -24.0 36 6 337.9 338.1 294.8 342.1 1.15 15 300 9764 -31.3 -34.1 76 2.8 -31.7 74 9 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.0 0.71 16 250 11027 -41.8 -47.3 55 5.5 -42.3 86 14 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 17 200 12495 -54.4 -63.2 33 8.8 -54.6 70 16 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14288 -65.5 -76.6 20 11.1 -65.6 97 8 357.3 357.3 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16710 -71.6 -84.4 13 12.8 -71.6 81 12 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.74 m Freezing level: 569.59 mb = 4915.26 m = 16125.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.67 mb = 4494.63 m = 14745.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.90 % Est. max temperature: 35.44 C = 95.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.74 mb = 2765.62 m = 9073.45 ft T: 12.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.20 mb = 2603.02 m = 8539.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.35 C = 97.43 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 39.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 713.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.55 mb = 2565.42 m = 8416.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.55 mb = 2733.86 m = 8969.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.55 mb = 13063.95 m = 42860.20 ft B at Equ Level: 695.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.55 mb = 15494.97 m = 50835.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 348.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 54.89 Bulk Shear: 13.00 m/s