MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 29.54,-98.53 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 986 279 34.9 18.8 39 16.1 23.4 149 7 309.3 311.9 297.0 351.8 14.01 2 950 615 29.3 18.0 51 11.3 21.3 150 8 306.9 309.5 296.3 348.5 13.81 3 900 1094 24.6 17.1 63 7.5 19.4 151 8 306.8 309.4 296.2 348.2 13.75 4 850 1591 19.6 16.1 80 3.6 17.2 152 8 306.7 309.3 296.1 347.7 13.63 5 800 2110 15.6 10.9 74 4.7 12.6 159 8 307.7 309.7 294.0 338.9 10.27 6 750 2656 13.9 -4.8 27 18.7 4.6 145 6 311.6 312.3 289.6 322.9 3.56 7 700 3233 10.4 -7.2 28 17.5 2.1 120 7 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.2 3.19 8 650 3846 8.0 -17.3 15 25.4 -1.7 77 12 318.1 318.3 289.7 323.2 1.51 9 600 4501 4.0 -21.6 13 25.6 -4.8 68 17 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.7 1.13 10 550 5202 -0.3 -28.2 10 27.9 -8.3 66 20 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.68 11 500 5956 -4.9 -32.7 9 27.8 -11.8 63 22 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.49 12 450 6776 -10.2 -30.3 18 20.1 -15.2 53 23 330.4 330.5 292.5 332.9 0.68 13 400 7671 -16.7 -33.9 21 17.2 -20.3 38 23 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.3 0.54 14 350 8658 -24.0 -39.6 22 15.7 -26.3 32 22 336.5 336.5 293.8 337.8 0.35 15 300 9764 -32.5 -48.8 18 16.4 -34.0 34 16 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.15 16 250 11023 -42.5 -59.6 14 17.2 -43.2 355 8 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12488 -54.3 -64.1 29 9.8 -54.5 351 8 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14281 -66.0 -74.9 28 8.9 -66.1 6 16 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16701 -70.5 -84.2 12 13.7 -70.6 79 5 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.88 m Freezing level: 553.19 mb = 5156.84 m = 16918.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.83 mb = 3573.05 m = 11722.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.31 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.01 mb = 2292.01 m = 7519.62 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 28.91 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2294.12 m = 7526.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.68 C = 94.42 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 23.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 797.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.57 mb = 2082.93 m = 6833.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.57 mb = 4398.33 m = 14430.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.57 mb = 12888.13 m = 42283.37 ft B at Equ Level: 793.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.57 mb = 15734.79 m = 51622.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 118.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 49.22 Bulk Shear: 16.20 m/s