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: 29.39,-95.03 Latitude: 29.39 Longitude: -95.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.1 246 3 304.6 308.7 300.7 370.5 21.97 1 1000 177 30.1 21.3 59 8.8 23.8 263 3 303.2 306.2 296.9 351.2 16.18 2 950 636 25.5 19.1 68 6.5 20.9 265 5 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.8 14.77 3 900 1109 21.6 15.0 66 6.5 17.2 264 6 303.7 305.9 294.2 339.4 12.01 4 850 1603 20.1 4.2 35 16.0 10.9 301 6 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.8 6.07 5 800 2122 16.5 3.8 43 12.6 9.2 342 5 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.1 6.31 6 750 2668 12.4 5.3 62 7.1 8.2 350 9 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.48 7 700 3242 8.7 -2.3 46 11.0 3.1 345 11 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.7 4.62 8 650 3851 5.3 -2.5 57 7.9 1.3 340 12 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.5 4.88 9 600 4500 1.5 -8.6 47 10.1 -3.0 342 9 317.8 318.5 291.3 328.7 3.33 10 550 5197 -1.9 -15.5 35 13.6 -7.1 350 3 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.8 2.08 11 500 5949 -5.5 -21.8 26 16.3 -10.8 144 4 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.0 1.33 12 450 6765 -11.1 -28.6 22 17.4 -15.6 177 5 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.1 0.80 13 400 7660 -16.3 -35.4 17 19.1 -20.1 187 7 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.6 0.47 14 350 8650 -23.1 -38.5 23 15.4 -25.6 185 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 -51.8 32 10.3 -42.1 136 14 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12498 -53.0 -66.1 19 13.1 -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 11 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 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: 5771.28 m Freezing level: 578.27 mb = 4802.86 m = 15757.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.91 mb = 4041.58 m = 13259.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.40 C = 93.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.69 mb = 834.03 m = 2736.28 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 44.63 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1968.71 m = 6458.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.35 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 7.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 9.71 C K Index: 18.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 64.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 974.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.64 mb = 1365.72 m = 4480.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.64 mb = 2460.06 m = 8070.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.64 mb = 12864.47 m = 42205.76 ft B at Equ Level: 962.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.64 mb = 15701.57 m = 51513.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 1.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 173.03 Bulk Shear: 5.63 m/s