MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 29.49,-98.38 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 985 225 38.8 17.7 29 21.1 23.8 126 3 313.3 315.8 297.4 353.7 13.07 2 950 552 33.2 17.0 38 16.2 21.8 125 3 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.5 12.94 3 900 1037 28.4 16.0 47 12.5 19.8 121 3 310.8 313.2 296.6 349.9 12.79 4 850 1541 23.5 14.6 58 8.8 17.4 117 3 310.7 313.1 296.4 348.7 12.43 5 800 2066 18.7 11.7 64 7.0 14.1 109 2 311.0 313.1 295.4 344.3 10.86 6 750 2617 15.4 3.5 45 11.9 8.5 353 2 313.3 314.5 292.7 333.8 6.55 7 700 3198 11.6 2.2 52 9.4 6.3 324 3 315.4 316.6 293.2 335.6 6.42 8 650 3813 7.6 -0.6 56 8.2 3.2 332 4 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.6 5.63 9 600 4467 3.3 -5.2 54 8.5 -0.9 306 7 319.9 320.8 292.8 334.1 4.34 10 550 5168 -0.4 -14.1 35 13.7 -5.9 313 9 323.6 324.0 292.1 331.5 2.34 11 500 5923 -4.4 -20.4 27 16.1 -9.8 322 9 327.7 328.0 292.5 333.0 1.50 12 450 6744 -9.4 -29.4 18 20.0 -14.6 312 3 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.75 13 400 7645 -14.4 -35.4 15 21.0 -18.8 145 7 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.47 14 350 8642 -22.1 -46.0 9 24.0 -25.3 87 10 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.7 0.18 15 300 9755 -31.0 -45.7 22 14.7 -32.6 54 10 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.21 16 250 11020 -41.4 -52.3 30 10.8 -42.1 44 11 344.5 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.12 17 200 12495 -52.5 -60.7 36 8.3 -52.7 355 13 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14302 -65.0 -74.2 27 9.2 -65.1 6 10 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -73.3 -83.9 19 10.5 -73.4 7 12 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.53 m Freezing level: 555.61 mb = 5089.04 m = 16696.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.63 mb = 4323.51 m = 14184.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.56 % Est. max temperature: 36.34 C = 97.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.62 mb = 2860.17 m = 9383.63 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.74 mb = 3069.32 m = 10069.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.40 C = 104.72 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 712.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.42 mb = 2645.67 m = 8679.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.42 mb = 3655.58 m = 11993.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.42 mb = 12737.28 m = 41788.46 ft B at Equ Level: 707.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.42 mb = 15501.86 m = 50858.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.6 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 354.6 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -1.5 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 87.20 Bulk Shear: 8.18 m/s