MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.49,-98.62 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 986 273 23.3 21.6 90 1.7 22.1 69 4 297.6 300.6 295.7 346.0 16.67 2 950 596 22.3 18.9 81 3.4 19.9 157 8 299.8 302.4 294.9 342.5 14.60 3 900 1066 21.0 14.7 67 6.3 16.8 174 13 303.1 305.3 293.8 338.0 11.75 4 850 1560 18.7 13.4 71 5.3 15.2 171 10 305.7 307.8 294.3 340.0 11.43 5 800 2079 16.5 10.0 65 6.5 12.4 68 4 308.7 310.6 293.9 338.2 9.67 6 750 2625 13.1 6.6 65 6.5 9.2 25 15 310.8 312.3 293.3 335.9 8.16 7 700 3202 9.9 -3.2 40 13.1 3.3 27 18 313.4 314.3 290.9 327.2 4.33 8 650 3814 7.2 -19.4 13 26.6 -2.4 29 30 317.1 317.3 289.2 321.3 1.26 9 600 4466 3.3 -28.2 8 31.5 -5.9 30 35 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.1 0.62 10 550 5166 -0.3 -42.7 2 42.4 -9.2 39 26 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.16 11 500 5919 -5.8 -36.5 7 30.7 -12.6 46 24 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.34 12 450 6735 -10.9 -43.3 5 32.4 -16.6 34 31 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.18 13 400 7630 -16.3 -38.0 14 21.7 -20.4 26 32 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.36 14 350 8620 -23.1 -47.2 9 24.1 -26.1 25 23 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 15 300 9732 -31.0 -49.4 15 18.4 -32.8 32 22 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.2 0.14 16 250 10995 -41.6 -54.3 24 12.7 -42.3 31 22 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.10 17 200 12465 -53.7 -62.6 33 9.0 -53.9 14 18 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14254 -65.6 -75.5 24 9.9 -65.7 4 27 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16674 -71.5 -85.0 12 13.5 -71.5 62 13 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.37 m Freezing level: 553.99 mb = 5109.93 m = 16764.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.26 mb = 3547.83 m = 11639.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.05 mb = 486.26 m = 1595.33 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2345.35 m = 7694.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.33 C = 95.60 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: 24.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2766.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.86 mb = 1261.80 m = 4139.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.2 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 70.2 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.9 neg: -29.8 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 68.69 m/s