MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.70,-96.82 Latitude: 29.70 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 96 34.3 19.4 42 14.9 23.6 158 10 307.4 310.1 296.7 350.5 14.27 1 1000 97 33.9 19.1 42 14.9 23.3 157 9 307.1 309.7 296.5 349.3 14.01 2 950 558 29.5 18.0 50 11.5 21.4 164 12 307.2 309.8 296.4 348.8 13.80 3 900 1037 25.0 16.8 60 8.2 19.3 178 10 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.0 13.50 4 850 1536 21.1 14.4 66 6.7 16.6 246 6 308.3 310.6 295.6 345.4 12.26 5 800 2058 17.0 13.8 81 3.3 14.8 304 9 309.3 311.7 296.0 347.2 12.46 6 750 2606 13.2 9.4 78 3.8 10.7 332 18 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.2 9.89 7 700 3183 9.8 -0.6 48 10.4 4.2 345 14 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.8 5.22 8 650 3796 7.8 -12.1 23 19.9 -0.7 359 9 317.8 318.3 290.4 325.5 2.33 9 600 4450 3.7 -15.0 24 18.7 -3.7 353 12 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.1 1.99 10 550 5150 -0.8 -23.3 16 22.4 -8.0 345 14 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.8 1.07 11 500 5905 -4.3 -42.8 3 38.6 -12.0 355 19 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.17 12 450 6724 -10.2 -39.6 7 29.4 -15.9 337 17 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 13 400 7621 -15.9 -43.4 7 27.5 -20.4 290 9 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.21 14 350 8611 -23.5 -49.9 7 26.4 -26.5 268 11 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.11 15 300 9719 -31.9 -47.5 20 15.6 -33.4 261 12 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.17 16 250 10980 -41.9 -53.5 27 11.6 -42.5 289 11 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.10 17 200 12452 -53.0 -70.0 11 16.9 -53.3 266 4 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14265 -63.9 -77.3 14 13.4 -64.0 18 18 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16677 -72.0 -84.7 13 12.8 -72.0 107 15 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.78 m Freezing level: 559.15 mb = 5021.93 m = 16475.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.94 mb = 3708.53 m = 12166.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.33 % Est. max temperature: 35.14 C = 95.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.65 mb = 1986.81 m = 6518.32 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.95 mb = 2394.33 m = 7855.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.14 C = 98.86 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.21 mb = 2023.60 m = 6639.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.21 mb = 2852.63 m = 9358.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.21 mb = 3567.70 m = 11704.91 ft B at Equ Level: 5.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.21 mb = 14751.54 m = 48396.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 8.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: -0.0 tot: 114.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 8.49 Bulk Shear: 70.56 m/s