MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.54,-98.56 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 980 287 36.5 16.9 31 19.6 22.7 188 8 311.5 313.8 296.5 349.7 12.45 2 950 566 31.6 15.9 39 15.7 20.7 189 9 309.2 311.5 295.7 345.8 12.04 3 900 1047 26.7 15.1 49 11.5 18.8 190 9 309.0 311.3 295.7 345.8 12.11 4 850 1548 21.7 14.2 62 7.6 16.6 192 9 308.9 311.2 295.6 345.5 12.03 5 800 2071 17.7 8.3 54 9.4 11.9 214 10 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.6 8.65 6 750 2621 15.8 -0.9 32 16.6 6.8 240 9 313.7 314.6 291.4 328.8 4.79 7 700 3202 11.5 3.1 56 8.4 6.6 256 3 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.8 6.84 8 650 3817 7.6 -1.8 51 9.4 2.7 315 3 317.6 318.6 292.8 334.1 5.17 9 600 4471 3.3 -5.5 52 8.8 -1.0 306 1 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.8 4.23 10 550 5172 -0.3 -22.5 17 22.2 -7.6 235 3 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.14 11 500 5927 -4.1 -29.1 12 25.0 -11.0 311 3 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.69 12 450 6750 -9.9 -34.0 12 24.1 -15.3 328 3 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.6 0.48 13 400 7645 -16.0 -39.8 11 23.8 -20.3 333 5 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.30 14 350 8637 -23.1 -45.5 11 22.4 -26.1 333 8 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.19 15 300 9747 -31.8 -52.2 11 20.5 -33.5 332 6 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.10 16 250 11010 -41.2 -61.4 10 20.1 -42.1 32 13 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12483 -53.3 -67.2 17 13.9 -53.6 36 15 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14280 -66.0 -74.2 31 8.2 -66.1 22 16 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16683 -72.2 -84.5 14 12.4 -72.2 36 11 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.82 m Freezing level: 553.99 mb = 5115.59 m = 16783.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4290.05 m = 14074.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.38 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.41 mb = 2740.55 m = 8991.18 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 20.82 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.48 mb = 3243.80 m = 10642.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.42 C = 104.75 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.19 mb = 2550.64 m = 8368.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.19 mb = 4454.86 m = 14615.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.19 mb = 5751.63 m = 18869.95 ft B at Equ Level: 17.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.19 mb = 13830.36 m = 45374.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 59.30 Bulk Shear: 3.57 m/s