MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 29.57,-98.50 Latitude: 29.57 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 984 287 35.1 19.3 40 15.8 23.7 105 7 309.7 312.4 297.4 353.7 14.45 2 950 598 29.7 18.2 50 11.6 21.6 103 7 307.4 310.0 296.5 349.4 13.95 3 900 1078 25.0 17.4 62 7.7 19.6 102 7 307.3 309.9 296.5 349.4 13.98 4 850 1576 20.1 16.2 78 3.9 17.4 100 7 307.2 309.8 296.4 348.7 13.78 5 800 2096 15.3 14.0 92 1.2 14.4 90 7 307.4 309.8 295.7 345.8 12.70 6 750 2641 12.7 4.0 56 8.6 7.7 57 9 310.4 311.6 292.1 331.5 6.83 7 700 3218 10.3 -8.8 25 19.0 1.7 46 12 313.9 314.4 289.6 322.9 2.81 8 650 3829 6.4 -19.7 13 26.1 -2.9 40 11 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.4 1.24 9 600 4480 3.3 -27.4 8 30.7 -5.8 33 16 319.9 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.67 10 550 5179 -1.1 -29.2 10 28.1 -8.8 20 14 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.62 11 500 5931 -5.1 -43.5 3 38.5 -12.5 32 17 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 12 450 6752 -9.3 -48.5 3 39.1 -15.7 35 20 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 13 400 7650 -16.1 -46.8 5 30.7 -20.6 30 26 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 14 350 8640 -23.2 -47.1 9 23.9 -26.2 24 26 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.0 0.16 15 300 9749 -31.8 -48.7 17 16.9 -33.4 37 18 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.15 16 250 11010 -42.0 -62.1 9 20.0 -42.9 45 21 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12478 -54.1 -63.0 33 8.9 -54.3 1 12 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14275 -64.2 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.3 54 19 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16702 -70.7 -84.7 11 14.0 -70.8 118 3 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.28 m Freezing level: 562.45 mb = 5004.64 m = 16419.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.60 mb = 3437.34 m = 11277.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.03 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.90 mb = 2268.02 m = 7440.90 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 29.00 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.61 mb = 2057.68 m = 6750.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Cap Strength: -0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 22.35 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 941.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.77 mb = 2088.03 m = 6850.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.77 mb = 2141.05 m = 7024.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.77 mb = 12938.65 m = 42449.12 ft B at Equ Level: 935.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.77 mb = 15825.06 m = 51918.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.8 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 76.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 2.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 79.55 Bulk Shear: 11.83 m/s