MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 29.52,-98.53 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 982 269 37.1 17.5 32 19.6 23.2 186 8 311.9 314.3 297.0 351.6 12.95 2 950 566 31.8 16.9 41 14.9 21.3 187 9 309.4 311.8 296.3 348.5 12.85 3 900 1048 27.0 15.9 51 11.1 19.3 188 10 309.3 311.7 296.2 348.0 12.72 4 850 1550 22.1 14.8 63 7.3 17.1 189 10 309.3 311.7 296.1 347.5 12.57 5 800 2073 18.5 5.7 43 12.8 10.9 200 10 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.2 7.20 6 750 2623 15.1 5.0 51 10.1 9.0 204 7 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.7 7.30 7 700 3204 11.7 0.4 46 11.4 5.5 220 4 315.5 316.6 292.6 333.3 5.63 8 650 3819 7.7 -0.2 57 7.9 3.4 174 2 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.3 5.82 9 600 4474 3.4 -3.9 59 7.3 -0.3 173 3 320.0 321.0 293.2 335.5 4.76 10 550 5174 -1.0 -6.7 65 5.8 -3.7 209 7 322.9 323.8 293.5 336.8 4.21 11 500 5929 -4.9 -16.4 40 11.5 -9.2 213 8 327.1 327.5 292.9 334.4 2.12 12 450 6749 -9.7 -24.1 30 14.4 -14.0 234 5 331.0 331.2 293.2 335.3 1.21 13 400 7648 -15.4 -32.2 22 16.8 -19.2 300 3 334.9 335.1 293.6 337.3 0.64 14 350 8642 -22.5 -41.7 16 19.2 -25.4 342 3 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.6 0.28 15 300 9755 -30.6 -51.9 11 21.2 -32.6 94 4 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.11 16 250 11022 -40.8 -58.8 13 18.0 -41.7 56 14 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 17 200 12500 -52.1 -68.9 12 16.8 -52.5 24 17 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14309 -64.7 -80.4 10 15.8 -64.8 39 19 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 19 100 16709 -74.5 -85.3 17 10.9 -74.5 37 15 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.63 m Freezing level: 561.10 mb = 5018.77 m = 16465.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.42 mb = 4413.58 m = 14480.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 35.11 C = 95.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.74 mb = 2716.30 m = 8911.65 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.47 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.01 mb = 3107.91 m = 10196.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.27 C = 104.49 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.01 mb = 2487.60 m = 8161.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.01 mb = 4113.50 m = 13495.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.01 mb = 11959.16 m = 39235.61 ft B at Equ Level: 430.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.01 mb = 14844.82 m = 48702.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 228.5 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 419.48 Bulk Shear: 1.04 m/s