MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 95 SFC 981 265 37.0 19.5 36 17.5 24.3 110 10 311.9 314.7 298.1 357.0 14.70 2 950 559 32.2 18.8 45 13.4 22.6 112 11 309.9 312.6 297.5 354.2 14.54 3 900 1042 27.5 17.9 56 9.6 20.6 114 11 309.8 312.5 297.4 353.8 14.46 4 850 1545 22.5 16.9 71 5.5 18.6 115 11 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.6 14.43 5 800 2069 17.7 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 113 8 310.0 312.6 297.1 352.1 13.82 6 750 2619 14.2 9.0 71 5.2 10.9 8 4 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.8 9.68 7 700 3198 10.4 4.0 65 6.4 6.6 325 13 313.9 315.3 293.5 336.7 7.29 8 650 3810 5.6 1.0 72 4.6 3.0 325 18 315.2 316.5 293.1 335.2 6.33 9 600 4460 1.6 -8.5 47 10.1 -2.9 338 29 318.0 318.7 291.5 329.0 3.36 10 550 5155 -2.6 -16.0 35 13.4 -7.6 354 33 321.0 321.3 291.0 327.7 2.00 11 500 5905 -6.5 -25.6 20 19.1 -11.9 12 17 325.2 325.3 291.3 328.5 0.95 12 450 6721 -10.5 -28.8 21 18.3 -15.2 9 20 330.0 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.79 13 400 7617 -16.0 -32.3 23 16.3 -19.6 3 36 334.1 334.3 293.4 336.5 0.64 14 350 8610 -22.0 -33.2 36 11.1 -24.2 14 30 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.67 15 300 9726 -30.4 -36.9 53 6.5 -31.4 26 26 342.5 342.6 295.4 344.6 0.54 16 250 10996 -40.2 -43.7 69 3.5 -40.5 42 29 346.3 346.4 296.1 347.6 0.32 17 200 12477 -52.5 -56.3 63 3.8 -52.7 44 35 349.6 349.6 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14272 -66.4 -78.5 17 12.1 -66.5 58 10 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -71.9 -84.5 13 12.6 -71.9 139 15 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.71 m Freezing level: 580.78 mb = 4727.43 m = 15509.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.59 mb = 4133.90 m = 13562.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.69 % Est. max temperature: 35.00 C = 95.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.54 mb = 2466.60 m = 8092.42 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 29.29 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2417.40 m = 7931.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1595.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.12 mb = 2283.76 m = 7492.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.12 mb = 2673.80 m = 8772.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.12 mb = 14062.47 m = 46136.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1586.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.1 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 30.1 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: -3.7 tot: 42.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 22.50 Bulk Shear: 70.91 m/s