MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.75,-95.50 Latitude: 29.75 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 21 29.9 24.9 75 5.0 26.2 200 6 301.7 305.4 298.8 360.6 19.92 1 1000 160 27.4 24.3 83 3.1 25.1 206 7 300.5 304.1 298.2 357.6 19.43 2 950 615 23.3 21.8 91 1.6 22.2 221 12 300.9 304.1 297.1 352.4 17.52 3 900 1086 20.3 15.7 75 4.6 17.2 226 15 302.5 304.8 294.3 339.7 12.60 4 850 1578 17.8 12.1 69 5.8 14.1 214 9 304.8 306.8 293.4 336.2 10.48 5 800 2095 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 12.0 205 8 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.0 9.65 6 750 2641 13.0 7.1 67 5.9 9.5 193 4 310.7 312.3 293.5 336.8 8.49 7 700 3218 9.8 4.4 69 5.3 6.6 91 1 313.3 314.7 293.5 336.8 7.54 8 650 3830 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 2.9 63 3 316.0 317.1 293.0 334.9 5.96 9 600 4481 1.8 -6.5 54 8.4 -2.1 90 4 318.2 319.0 292.0 330.9 3.91 10 550 5179 -1.3 -21.2 20 20.0 -7.9 60 5 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.0 1.27 11 500 5932 -5.0 -27.2 16 22.2 -11.3 7 4 326.9 327.1 291.7 329.9 0.82 12 450 6751 -9.9 -40.6 6 30.8 -15.8 9 4 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 13 400 7648 -16.1 -38.1 13 22.0 -20.2 345 5 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.4 0.36 14 350 8639 -23.1 -42.4 15 19.3 -25.9 311 7 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.26 15 300 9751 -31.1 -46.9 20 15.8 -32.8 336 10 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.2 0.19 16 250 11016 -41.3 -57.7 15 16.4 -42.1 360 9 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 17 200 12491 -52.5 -65.2 20 12.7 -52.8 353 16 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14293 -65.2 -84.0 6 18.8 -65.4 16 14 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -74.3 -85.0 17 10.8 -74.3 17 16 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.93 m Freezing level: 570.43 mb = 4893.51 m = 16054.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.98 mb = 4201.72 m = 13785.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.14 mb = 659.96 m = 2165.18 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 24.43 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 923.23 m = 3028.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 17.12 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1409.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.49 mb = 805.37 m = 2642.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.49 mb = 1042.77 m = 3421.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.49 mb = 13345.75 m = 43784.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1401.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.6 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 228.6 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -13.2 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1425.66 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s