MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 28.57,-99.18 Latitude: 28.57 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 93 SFC 994 150 39.8 18.0 28 21.8 24.2 114 9 313.5 316.1 297.5 354.3 13.18 2 950 560 33.1 17.0 38 16.1 21.8 114 10 310.8 313.3 296.7 350.4 12.93 3 900 1044 28.3 16.1 47 12.2 19.8 114 10 310.7 313.1 296.6 350.0 12.87 4 850 1548 23.3 15.1 60 8.2 17.7 114 9 310.6 313.0 296.5 349.7 12.80 5 800 2073 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.4 114 9 310.6 313.0 296.5 349.5 12.73 6 750 2623 15.6 2.4 41 13.2 8.0 41 3 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.5 6.06 7 700 3204 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.4 56 7 314.6 316.3 294.9 342.4 8.90 8 650 3818 6.3 1.1 69 5.2 3.4 17 12 316.1 317.3 293.4 336.3 6.40 9 600 4469 2.4 -13.2 30 15.7 -3.9 26 27 318.9 319.4 290.7 326.6 2.30 10 550 5165 -3.4 -14.0 44 10.6 -7.5 24 35 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.0 2.36 11 500 5910 -7.7 -34.6 9 27.0 -13.6 31 32 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.40 12 450 6727 -9.5 -50.6 2 41.1 -15.9 26 31 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 13 400 7626 -15.8 -43.9 7 28.1 -20.3 17 33 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.19 14 350 8617 -23.1 -54.1 4 31.0 -26.3 27 25 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.07 15 300 9727 -31.2 -60.3 4 29.0 -33.2 21 28 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 16 250 10993 -41.3 -65.1 6 23.9 -42.2 23 19 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 17 200 12467 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 13 14 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14262 -67.2 -75.0 32 7.8 -67.3 69 9 354.2 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 19 100 16663 -71.0 -83.8 13 12.8 -71.0 108 20 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.94 m Freezing level: 578.97 mb = 4761.92 m = 15622.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.67 mb = 4115.33 m = 13501.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.41 % Est. max temperature: 36.91 C = 98.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.87 mb = 2875.21 m = 9433.00 ft T: 13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.36 mb = 2985.94 m = 9796.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.52 C = 104.94 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 41.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1125.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.62 mb = 2650.03 m = 8694.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.62 mb = 3291.66 m = 10799.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.62 mb = 13034.26 m = 42762.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1124.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.0 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 71.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 31.13 Bulk Shear: 36.16 m/s