MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 29.98,-96.04 Latitude: 29.98 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 60 23.4 23.1 99 0.2 23.2 58 1 295.5 298.7 295.9 346.8 17.88 1 1000 170 24.0 23.7 98 0.3 23.8 261 6 297.1 300.5 296.9 351.3 18.72 2 950 622 26.2 11.4 40 14.8 16.7 243 9 303.7 305.4 291.8 330.4 8.94 3 900 1096 23.2 16.6 67 6.5 18.7 108 4 305.4 307.9 295.6 345.4 13.35 4 850 1593 19.7 12.4 62 7.4 14.9 98 5 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.0 10.68 5 800 2112 15.5 12.0 80 3.4 13.2 59 4 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.2 11.11 6 750 2656 11.9 8.3 78 3.6 9.6 329 3 309.5 311.2 293.7 337.5 9.17 7 700 3231 8.7 0.6 57 8.1 4.3 316 8 312.1 313.2 291.7 329.9 5.71 8 650 3840 5.4 -4.4 49 9.8 0.5 339 9 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.24 9 600 4490 1.7 -4.4 64 6.1 -1.3 349 10 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.61 10 550 5187 -2.1 -8.9 59 6.9 -5.1 340 10 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.53 11 500 5938 -6.2 -13.2 58 7.0 -9.0 347 10 325.4 326.0 293.0 334.8 2.76 12 450 6755 -10.8 -21.4 41 10.6 -14.1 29 8 329.7 330.0 293.1 335.1 1.54 13 400 7652 -15.9 -33.3 21 17.4 -19.6 49 7 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.58 14 350 8644 -22.4 -40.7 17 18.3 -25.3 63 1 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.7 0.31 15 300 9754 -31.9 -44.8 27 12.8 -33.3 83 7 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.24 16 250 11016 -41.7 -53.6 26 11.9 -42.4 91 15 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 17 200 12489 -52.7 -71.1 9 18.4 -53.1 127 12 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14290 -64.9 -77.1 17 12.2 -65.0 140 6 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16713 -73.3 -84.8 16 11.5 -73.3 68 15 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.90 m Freezing level: 577.18 mb = 4807.69 m = 15773.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.94 mb = 4030.31 m = 13222.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.68 mb = 86.45 m = 283.61 ft T: 23.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.96 mb = 2314.98 m = 7594.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.30 C = 97.33 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3671.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.09 mb = 1480.02 m = 4855.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 10.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -47.7 tot: -34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.01 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s