MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 29.62,-98.47 Latitude: 29.62 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 165 SFC 985 304 31.0 21.9 58 9.1 24.3 188 5 305.5 308.6 298.0 356.3 16.99 2 950 621 25.4 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 193 5 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.7 16.12 3 900 1094 21.9 13.3 58 8.6 16.3 186 8 304.1 306.1 293.4 336.2 10.76 4 850 1589 19.3 9.3 53 9.9 13.1 147 4 306.3 308.0 292.4 332.6 8.71 5 800 2107 16.6 1.9 37 14.7 8.5 138 4 308.8 309.9 290.5 325.8 5.50 6 750 2654 15.4 -11.0 15 26.5 3.7 150 3 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.5 2.19 7 700 3234 11.9 -9.1 22 21.0 2.3 89 10 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.74 8 650 3849 8.0 -8.8 29 16.9 0.3 79 14 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.9 3.02 9 600 4503 3.5 -23.8 11 27.3 -5.3 70 16 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.5 0.93 10 550 5202 -1.7 -25.0 15 23.3 -8.7 66 18 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.3 0.92 11 500 5952 -6.5 -28.2 16 21.7 -12.3 45 11 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.8 0.75 12 450 6765 -12.5 -29.4 23 16.9 -16.6 22 17 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.2 0.75 13 400 7655 -17.4 -47.9 5 30.5 -21.6 30 22 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 14 350 8641 -24.4 -41.4 19 17.0 -26.8 27 19 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.0 0.29 15 300 9744 -33.5 -49.2 19 15.7 -34.8 22 24 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.14 16 250 10995 -44.0 -56.1 25 12.2 -44.5 13 25 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12455 -53.9 -67.0 19 13.1 -54.2 6 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14251 -65.2 -74.8 25 9.7 -65.3 354 22 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16682 -68.6 -84.0 9 15.3 -68.7 41 9 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.68 m Freezing level: 566.09 mb = 4977.39 m = 16329.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.22 mb = 3884.23 m = 12743.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.36 mb = 1453.78 m = 4769.58 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 35.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2866.90 m = 9405.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.65 C = 103.38 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 14.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.45 mb = 1644.60 m = 5395.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.45 mb = 4645.66 m = 15241.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.45 mb = 12152.98 m = 39871.48 ft B at Equ Level: 586.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.45 mb = 14687.90 m = 48188.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.6 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 111.6 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -7.3 tot: -3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 27.56 Bulk Shear: 21.60 m/s