MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 1011 22 31.9 23.6 62 8.3 25.7 166 10 304.1 307.5 298.5 359.1 18.46 1 1000 120 30.8 22.9 63 7.9 25.0 167 13 304.0 307.3 298.1 357.3 17.89 2 950 579 26.3 22.0 77 4.4 23.2 171 14 303.9 307.2 298.1 356.8 17.76 3 900 1054 22.0 20.6 92 1.3 21.0 180 12 304.1 307.3 297.8 355.6 17.26 4 850 1549 18.7 15.0 79 3.7 16.2 230 6 305.7 308.1 295.3 343.8 12.73 5 800 2068 17.7 8.0 53 9.7 11.7 280 5 310.0 311.6 293.3 335.9 8.45 6 750 2618 14.9 7.0 59 7.9 10.0 269 3 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.7 8.40 7 700 3198 11.9 -0.3 43 12.2 5.3 296 4 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.7 5.37 8 650 3814 8.2 -9.1 28 17.3 0.3 307 6 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.0 2.95 9 600 4469 4.6 -15.7 21 20.3 -3.4 339 7 321.5 321.8 291.1 327.9 1.88 10 550 5173 0.6 -29.8 8 30.4 -7.9 338 8 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.58 11 500 5930 -3.8 -27.0 15 23.1 -10.6 317 7 328.4 328.5 292.1 331.4 0.84 12 450 6751 -9.7 -32.4 14 22.7 -15.1 285 5 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.2 0.56 13 400 7648 -16.4 -32.5 24 16.1 -19.8 314 8 333.7 333.9 293.3 336.1 0.63 14 350 8638 -23.4 -42.4 16 18.9 -26.1 302 14 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.26 15 300 9748 -30.6 -54.3 8 23.7 -32.6 299 15 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 16 250 11017 -40.2 -55.0 19 14.8 -41.0 345 20 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.09 17 200 12497 -52.4 -68.3 13 15.9 -52.7 353 27 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14303 -65.4 -75.0 25 9.7 -65.5 3 30 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16701 -73.5 -85.2 15 11.8 -73.5 15 18 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.25 m Freezing level: 543.45 mb = 5271.80 m = 17295.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.76 mb = 3867.69 m = 12689.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.16 C = 91.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.79 mb = 1074.91 m = 3526.57 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 23.17 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1230.25 m = 4036.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 25.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1757.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.29 mb = 1137.92 m = 3733.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.29 mb = 1384.35 m = 4541.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 816.29 mb = 1895.59 m = 6219.06 ft B at Equ Level: 6.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 53.18 Bulk Shear: 33.04 m/s