MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 29.59,-98.50 Latitude: 29.59 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 151 SFC 984 298 25.2 21.9 82 3.4 22.8 88 1 299.8 302.9 296.5 349.6 17.01 2 950 601 22.7 22.5 99 0.2 22.6 176 9 300.2 303.6 297.5 354.0 18.33 3 900 1072 20.1 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 157 15 302.3 304.7 294.6 341.3 13.20 4 850 1564 17.6 12.5 72 5.1 14.3 139 14 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.8 10.78 5 800 2080 14.6 8.9 69 5.6 11.1 107 12 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.9 8.99 6 750 2624 13.2 -6.1 26 19.3 4.0 124 10 310.9 311.5 289.1 321.2 3.23 7 700 3201 11.2 -15.3 14 26.6 0.6 140 7 314.9 315.3 288.9 320.5 1.66 8 650 3814 7.3 -10.3 27 17.6 -0.4 111 9 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.69 9 600 4467 3.0 -12.2 32 15.2 -3.3 100 9 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.0 2.51 10 550 5166 -0.8 -18.9 24 18.1 -7.2 122 5 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.5 1.57 11 500 5921 -4.0 -32.1 9 28.2 -11.2 103 2 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.52 12 450 6744 -9.0 -34.3 11 25.4 -14.8 87 4 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.46 13 400 7642 -16.4 -30.6 28 14.2 -19.6 58 5 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.5 0.75 14 350 8630 -23.6 -43.4 14 19.8 -26.3 62 6 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.23 15 300 9738 -32.1 -54.5 9 22.4 -33.8 84 6 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.08 16 250 10997 -42.5 -57.9 17 15.4 -43.2 54 19 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.06 17 200 12464 -53.8 -73.7 7 20.0 -54.1 59 22 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 18 150 14260 -65.5 -77.1 19 11.6 -65.6 3 4 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16674 -71.2 -84.0 13 12.8 -71.3 42 10 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.80 m Freezing level: 560.53 mb = 5018.99 m = 16466.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.29 mb = 3547.78 m = 11639.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.51 mb = 725.92 m = 2381.59 ft T: 22.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 33.50 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1310.57 m = 4299.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 7.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 179.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 510.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.03 mb = 1023.33 m = 3357.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.03 mb = 1869.52 m = 6133.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 780.03 mb = 2293.05 m = 7523.04 ft B at Equ Level: 13.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 720.03 mb = 2965.14 m = 9728.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 157.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -34.1 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 120.40 Bulk Shear: 4.24 m/s