MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.72,-95.56 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 23 35.8 20.5 41 15.3 24.7 331 1 308.1 311.0 297.5 354.1 15.21 1 1000 106 33.7 20.0 45 13.7 23.8 334 1 306.8 309.6 297.0 351.5 14.85 2 950 568 29.0 19.2 56 9.8 22.0 336 1 306.6 309.4 296.9 351.4 14.90 3 900 1046 24.2 18.1 69 6.1 19.9 339 1 306.5 309.2 296.8 350.6 14.69 4 850 1544 19.4 17.4 88 2.0 18.0 339 1 306.5 309.2 296.9 351.2 14.89 5 800 2063 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 24 5 307.0 309.5 295.9 346.8 13.20 6 750 2606 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.2 20 11 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.2 9.07 7 700 3179 8.4 0.8 59 7.6 4.3 360 13 311.8 312.9 291.7 329.9 5.80 8 650 3790 5.9 -3.6 50 9.5 1.1 352 5 315.7 316.6 291.7 330.1 4.52 9 600 4441 3.4 -13.3 28 16.7 -3.4 295 8 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.7 2.29 10 550 5140 -1.7 -17.7 28 16.0 -7.5 313 12 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.73 11 500 5891 -6.2 -20.3 32 14.1 -10.9 323 15 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.8 1.53 12 450 6707 -11.0 -23.1 36 12.1 -14.6 321 21 329.4 329.7 292.8 334.1 1.32 13 400 7600 -16.9 -44.1 8 27.1 -21.1 255 8 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.19 14 350 8591 -23.3 -31.4 47 8.1 -24.9 283 11 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.3 0.79 15 300 9701 -31.0 -40.5 39 9.5 -32.3 298 19 341.7 341.8 295.1 343.1 0.37 16 250 10965 -41.7 -46.0 63 4.2 -42.1 149 9 344.1 344.1 295.5 345.1 0.25 17 200 12434 -53.9 -58.3 59 4.3 -54.1 317 6 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14232 -64.5 -76.4 18 11.8 -64.7 279 4 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16670 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 107 12 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.10 m Freezing level: 566.67 mb = 4906.78 m = 16098.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3946.31 m = 12947.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.71 mb = 1948.86 m = 6393.80 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.58 mb = 1834.77 m = 6019.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1325.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.96 mb = 1820.38 m = 5972.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.96 mb = 1872.57 m = 6143.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.96 mb = 13163.58 m = 43187.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1316.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.96 mb = 16209.59 m = 53180.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.7 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 7.7 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -8.6 tot: -8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 237.67 Bulk Shear: 5.58 m/s