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: 29.52,-98.50 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 SFC 981 262 38.5 17.7 30 20.8 23.6 127 3 313.4 315.9 297.4 353.8 13.08 2 950 552 33.3 17.0 38 16.3 21.8 125 3 311.0 313.4 296.8 350.7 12.98 3 900 1037 28.5 16.1 47 12.4 19.9 121 3 310.9 313.3 296.7 350.4 12.91 4 850 1541 23.5 15.1 59 8.5 17.7 116 3 310.8 313.2 296.6 349.9 12.79 5 800 2066 18.7 11.8 64 6.9 14.1 108 3 311.1 313.2 295.4 344.6 10.92 6 750 2617 15.4 3.1 43 12.4 8.3 357 2 313.3 314.6 292.6 333.3 6.38 7 700 3198 11.6 2.3 53 9.3 6.3 327 3 315.4 316.6 293.3 335.8 6.47 8 650 3813 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.2 333 4 317.6 318.7 293.3 335.9 5.74 9 600 4467 3.3 -5.8 51 9.1 -1.1 304 7 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.5 4.14 10 550 5168 -0.3 -14.2 34 13.8 -5.9 312 8 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.32 11 500 5924 -4.4 -19.9 29 15.6 -9.7 320 9 327.7 328.0 292.6 333.2 1.57 12 450 6745 -9.4 -29.2 18 19.7 -14.6 306 4 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.2 0.76 13 400 7646 -14.4 -37.3 12 22.9 -19.0 148 8 336.3 336.4 293.8 337.8 0.39 14 350 8642 -22.1 -46.5 9 24.4 -25.4 90 10 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.17 15 300 9755 -31.0 -45.4 23 14.5 -32.5 56 10 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.22 16 250 11020 -41.4 -52.0 31 10.6 -42.1 47 10 344.4 344.5 295.5 345.0 0.12 17 200 12495 -52.5 -61.4 34 8.9 -52.8 357 12 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14302 -65.0 -74.2 27 9.2 -65.1 5 9 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -73.4 -83.9 19 10.5 -73.5 6 11 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.34 m Freezing level: 554.63 mb = 5102.96 m = 16741.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.61 mb = 4297.13 m = 14098.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.56 % Est. max temperature: 36.07 C = 96.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.41 mb = 2862.69 m = 9391.91 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 3055.56 m = 10024.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.99 C = 103.98 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.10 mb = 2638.17 m = 8655.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.10 mb = 3647.21 m = 11965.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.10 mb = 12715.70 m = 41717.68 ft B at Equ Level: 747.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.10 mb = 15970.23 m = 52395.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.6 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 353.6 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -1.6 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: 88.65 Bulk Shear: 8.45 m/s