MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.57,-98.56 Latitude: 29.57 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 78 SFC 975 304 38.1 17.7 30 20.4 23.5 112 6 313.5 316.0 297.5 354.3 13.19 2 950 543 33.5 17.1 38 16.4 21.9 110 6 311.2 313.7 296.9 351.2 13.03 3 900 1028 28.6 16.3 47 12.3 19.9 106 6 311.0 313.4 296.8 350.8 13.02 4 850 1532 23.7 15.2 59 8.5 17.8 101 5 311.0 313.4 296.7 350.4 12.90 5 800 2058 18.5 14.3 77 4.2 15.7 96 5 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.5 12.95 6 750 2608 14.3 10.3 77 4.0 11.7 57 7 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.5 10.54 7 700 3188 10.4 7.1 80 3.3 8.3 62 6 314.0 315.7 294.8 342.2 9.09 8 650 3801 6.5 0.4 65 6.1 3.2 61 5 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.6 6.06 9 600 4454 3.1 -6.8 48 9.9 -1.6 0 5 319.7 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.83 10 550 5154 -0.3 -11.1 44 10.8 -5.0 310 7 323.7 324.3 292.7 333.7 2.97 11 500 5911 -3.6 -21.0 25 17.4 -9.5 179 9 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.7 1.43 12 450 6735 -8.5 -28.5 18 20.0 -14.0 205 9 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.5 0.81 13 400 7637 -14.7 -29.2 28 14.5 -18.3 228 10 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.1 0.86 14 350 8632 -22.4 -41.8 15 19.4 -25.4 256 3 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.28 15 300 9745 -30.8 -41.6 34 10.8 -32.1 20 5 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.33 16 250 11011 -41.7 -52.1 31 10.5 -42.3 6 13 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.7 0.12 17 200 12482 -53.3 -62.7 31 9.5 -53.5 318 4 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14275 -65.4 -76.2 21 10.8 -65.5 353 6 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16674 -74.6 -84.5 20 9.9 -74.6 58 4 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.46 m Freezing level: 554.66 mb = 5088.87 m = 16695.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4230.25 m = 13878.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 35.59 C = 96.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.33 mb = 2854.65 m = 9365.55 ft T: 12.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.28 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2776.34 m = 9108.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.27 C = 99.08 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 18.79 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 861.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.13 mb = 2629.42 m = 8626.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.13 mb = 3031.91 m = 9947.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.13 mb = 13031.53 m = 42753.85 ft B at Equ Level: 858.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.13 mb = 15943.82 m = 52308.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.7 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 110.7 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -2.3 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 698.47 Bulk Shear: 1.23 m/s