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: 29.54,-98.47 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 986 265 36.8 17.9 33 19.0 23.3 85 2 311.3 313.8 297.0 351.6 13.16 2 950 597 31.8 16.8 41 15.0 21.3 79 1 309.5 311.9 296.3 348.2 12.75 3 900 1079 27.0 15.8 51 11.1 19.3 62 1 309.3 311.7 296.1 347.8 12.68 4 850 1580 22.1 15.2 65 6.9 17.4 354 0 309.3 311.7 296.3 348.5 12.90 5 800 2103 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 315 1 309.2 311.6 296.1 347.7 12.67 6 750 2650 12.5 11.2 92 1.2 11.7 316 7 310.1 312.2 295.4 344.4 11.24 7 700 3227 9.3 7.0 86 2.3 7.9 308 14 312.8 314.5 294.5 340.7 9.02 8 650 3838 5.9 2.9 81 2.9 4.2 310 15 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.6 7.30 9 600 4490 2.3 -0.8 80 3.1 0.7 314 15 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.1 6.04 10 550 5189 -1.5 -3.8 84 2.3 -2.7 321 14 322.3 323.4 294.2 339.5 5.26 11 500 5943 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.4 -6.5 329 8 326.5 327.3 294.5 340.7 4.26 12 450 6763 -9.9 -20.6 41 10.7 -13.4 344 8 330.8 331.1 293.4 336.6 1.64 13 400 7661 -15.9 -23.2 53 7.3 -18.0 6 10 334.3 334.6 294.2 339.6 1.47 14 350 8652 -22.9 -28.9 58 5.9 -24.3 23 6 337.8 338.0 294.7 341.6 1.01 15 300 9764 -31.2 -34.8 70 3.7 -31.7 65 8 341.4 341.6 295.3 344.0 0.66 16 250 11028 -41.8 -47.4 55 5.5 -42.3 83 13 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 17 200 12496 -54.5 -62.5 37 8.0 -54.7 68 15 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14288 -65.4 -77.3 18 11.8 -65.5 95 8 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16711 -71.7 -84.8 12 13.2 -71.7 80 12 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.48 m Freezing level: 569.46 mb = 4917.14 m = 16132.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.05 mb = 4624.46 m = 15171.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.83 C = 94.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.55 mb = 2643.92 m = 8674.19 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 10.34 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2538.33 m = 8327.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.49 C = 95.88 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 40.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.53 mb = 2509.78 m = 8234.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.53 mb = 2565.53 m = 8416.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.53 mb = 12896.96 m = 42312.34 ft B at Equ Level: 730.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.53 mb = 15745.68 m = 51658.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 66.61 Bulk Shear: 11.06 m/s