MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 29.54,-98.47 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 983 264 25.6 22.5 83 3.1 23.4 143 3 300.2 303.5 297.1 352.3 17.77 2 950 568 24.0 21.9 88 2.1 22.5 191 11 301.5 304.7 297.4 353.5 17.64 3 900 1043 24.1 15.5 59 8.6 18.2 178 15 306.4 308.7 295.2 343.7 12.41 4 850 1541 20.7 15.4 72 5.2 17.1 157 10 307.8 310.3 296.0 347.4 13.10 5 800 2064 18.0 13.4 74 4.6 14.9 296 1 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.5 12.17 6 750 2614 15.2 2.5 42 12.7 7.9 24 3 313.0 314.2 292.3 332.2 6.11 7 700 3193 10.4 5.3 71 5.1 7.3 25 8 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.9 7.98 8 650 3806 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 8 15 315.4 316.9 294.2 339.6 7.70 9 600 4456 1.3 -6.9 54 8.2 -2.5 12 19 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.0 3.80 10 550 5150 -3.9 -19.1 30 15.2 -9.0 7 29 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.54 11 500 5895 -7.4 -33.6 10 26.2 -13.4 3 28 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.45 12 450 6708 -11.4 -26.9 27 15.4 -15.6 350 28 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.2 0.94 13 400 7602 -16.2 -40.8 10 24.6 -20.4 351 34 333.9 334.0 293.0 335.0 0.27 14 350 8595 -21.6 -48.6 7 27.0 -25.0 1 43 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.13 15 300 9709 -31.2 -48.5 16 17.4 -32.9 346 31 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.16 16 250 10975 -40.7 -57.3 15 16.6 -41.6 340 20 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.07 17 200 12454 -52.4 -65.7 19 13.3 -52.8 348 19 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14255 -65.8 -77.2 19 11.4 -65.8 10 12 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16675 -71.3 -84.4 13 13.1 -71.3 69 17 389.9 389.9 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.37 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4632.65 m = 15198.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.78 mb = 4218.95 m = 13841.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.83 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.57 mb = 655.51 m = 2150.60 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2355.91 m = 7729.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.14 C = 98.85 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.96 mb = 1338.77 m = 4392.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.96 mb = 3252.97 m = 10672.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.96 mb = 11975.78 m = 39290.14 ft B at Equ Level: 835.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.96 mb = 15843.04 m = 51977.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 41.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -44.7 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 11.17 Bulk Shear: 74.83 m/s