MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 29.38,-95.02 Latitude: 29.38 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1020 2 33.1 26.6 69 6.5 28.1 243 3 304.5 308.6 300.7 370.4 21.98 1 1000 178 30.1 21.4 60 8.7 23.8 262 3 303.2 306.2 296.9 351.3 16.21 2 950 636 25.5 19.1 68 6.4 21.0 265 5 303.0 305.8 296.0 346.9 14.81 3 900 1109 21.6 14.9 66 6.7 17.1 265 6 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.2 11.92 4 850 1603 20.1 4.2 35 15.9 11.0 302 6 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.9 6.09 5 800 2122 16.5 3.8 43 12.7 9.2 342 6 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.0 6.28 6 750 2668 12.4 5.3 62 7.1 8.2 350 9 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.47 7 700 3242 8.7 -2.5 45 11.2 3.0 345 12 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.5 4.56 8 650 3851 5.4 -2.8 56 8.1 1.2 340 12 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.3 4.80 9 600 4500 1.5 -9.3 44 10.8 -3.3 341 9 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.2 3.16 10 550 5197 -1.9 -15.8 34 13.9 -7.1 351 3 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.7 2.03 11 500 5949 -5.5 -21.8 26 16.3 -10.8 143 4 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.33 12 450 6765 -11.2 -28.6 22 17.4 -15.6 177 5 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.1 0.80 13 400 7660 -16.3 -35.3 18 19.0 -20.1 187 7 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.6 0.47 14 350 8650 -23.1 -38.5 23 15.3 -25.6 186 11 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.1 0.39 15 300 9762 -31.3 -43.9 28 12.6 -32.7 165 13 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.3 0.26 16 250 11025 -41.5 -51.9 32 10.4 -42.1 136 14 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12498 -53.0 -66.2 19 13.2 -53.3 120 15 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14299 -65.0 -77.1 17 12.1 -65.1 120 11 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.2 0.01 19 100 16723 -71.9 -84.9 13 13.0 -71.9 112 17 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.20 m Freezing level: 578.03 mb = 4806.16 m = 15768.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.62 mb = 4019.70 m = 13187.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.36 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.96 mb = 822.06 m = 2697.02 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 44.49 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1962.52 m = 6438.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.84 C = 98.31 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 9.77 C K Index: 18.73 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 65.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 977.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.43 mb = 1357.85 m = 4454.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.43 mb = 2451.31 m = 8042.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.43 mb = 12838.16 m = 42119.45 ft B at Equ Level: 966.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.43 mb = 15661.61 m = 51382.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.4 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 1.4 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 171.14 Bulk Shear: 5.71 m/s