MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.41,-98.56 Latitude: 29.41 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 144 SFC 991 223 26.0 23.7 87 2.2 24.3 176 5 299.9 303.3 297.8 355.4 18.95 2 950 596 23.4 22.9 97 0.5 23.0 187 17 300.9 304.4 298.0 356.3 18.83 3 900 1067 20.6 17.6 83 3.1 18.5 200 19 302.8 305.4 295.4 344.8 14.18 4 850 1560 18.8 13.2 70 5.6 15.1 187 14 305.8 307.9 294.3 339.7 11.28 5 800 2080 16.9 8.1 56 8.8 11.4 177 10 309.2 310.8 293.1 335.2 8.50 6 750 2627 13.6 5.1 57 8.4 8.6 162 4 311.3 312.7 292.8 334.1 7.38 7 700 3204 10.1 3.4 63 6.7 6.2 182 7 313.7 315.0 293.2 335.5 6.99 8 650 3818 7.2 1.0 65 6.1 3.8 148 6 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.3 6.36 9 600 4472 3.5 -4.0 58 7.5 -0.3 131 4 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.5 4.73 10 550 5173 -0.7 -10.4 48 9.6 -5.0 144 5 323.2 323.8 292.7 333.8 3.16 11 500 5927 -5.0 -18.5 34 13.5 -9.8 147 6 326.9 327.3 292.6 333.1 1.78 12 450 6746 -10.5 -25.6 28 15.1 -14.8 147 6 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.8 1.05 13 400 7641 -16.4 -31.9 25 15.5 -19.8 137 5 333.7 333.9 293.4 336.2 0.66 14 350 8632 -22.9 -37.1 26 14.2 -25.3 69 3 338.0 338.0 294.3 339.7 0.45 15 300 9743 -31.3 -49.0 16 17.7 -33.0 5 8 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.9 0.15 16 250 11008 -40.9 -63.6 7 22.7 -41.8 8 7 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 17 200 12488 -51.5 -71.4 7 19.9 -51.9 32 12 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14293 -65.5 -79.5 13 14.0 -65.6 43 20 357.3 357.3 298.1 357.3 0.00 19 100 16695 -74.5 -85.3 17 10.7 -74.6 40 11 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.63 m Freezing level: 558.71 mb = 5050.57 m = 16569.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.04 mb = 4417.01 m = 14491.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.84 mb = 505.23 m = 1657.57 ft T: 24.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.21 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.22 mb = 1074.78 m = 3526.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.90 C = 84.03 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1068.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.48 mb = 890.05 m = 2920.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.48 mb = 2587.38 m = 8488.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.48 mb = 12695.49 m = 41651.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 204.4 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -24.0 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 377.10 Bulk Shear: 2.83 m/s