MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 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 120 SFC 982 288 34.1 20.4 45 13.7 24.2 116 2 308.9 311.8 298.0 356.2 15.59 2 950 580 28.8 19.6 58 9.1 22.2 116 2 306.4 309.2 297.1 352.4 15.33 3 900 1058 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.2 110 2 306.2 309.1 297.0 351.9 15.22 4 850 1556 20.8 14.8 69 5.9 16.7 69 4 307.9 310.3 295.7 345.9 12.57 5 800 2078 17.0 12.4 75 4.5 14.0 67 5 309.2 311.4 295.3 344.0 11.42 6 750 2625 13.4 7.1 66 6.3 9.5 107 3 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.2 8.46 7 700 3203 10.4 4.3 66 6.1 6.9 253 6 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.4 7.49 8 650 3816 6.7 -2.6 52 9.3 1.9 294 11 316.5 317.5 292.3 332.1 4.87 9 600 4468 2.2 -7.5 49 9.7 -2.3 310 11 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.5 3.62 10 550 5166 -1.5 -10.5 50 9.0 -5.4 317 9 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.7 3.13 11 500 5919 -5.0 -14.3 48 9.2 -8.7 315 10 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.5 2.53 12 450 6741 -9.3 -17.3 52 7.9 -12.2 338 11 331.5 332.0 294.1 339.2 2.20 13 400 7640 -16.2 -24.6 48 8.5 -18.5 344 11 334.0 334.2 294.0 338.7 1.30 14 350 8631 -22.0 -38.8 20 16.9 -24.8 354 4 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.6 0.38 15 300 9744 -31.4 -37.1 57 5.7 -32.3 356 11 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.1 0.53 16 250 11006 -42.2 -49.4 46 7.1 -42.7 336 15 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.17 17 200 12473 -54.1 -62.4 35 8.4 -54.3 340 23 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14272 -64.4 -78.8 12 14.4 -64.5 10 29 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16674 -72.3 -85.1 13 12.8 -72.3 19 18 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.06 m Freezing level: 570.23 mb = 4883.57 m = 16022.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.23 mb = 4106.67 m = 13473.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.39 mb = 2009.06 m = 6591.32 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2110.72 m = 6924.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.22 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1332.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.81 mb = 1793.85 m = 5885.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.81 mb = 2492.35 m = 8176.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.81 mb = 13422.71 m = 44037.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1320.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.7 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 344.7 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -6.7 tot: 27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 130.97 Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s