MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 29.46,-98.53 Latitude: 29.46 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 94 SFC 984 241 35.9 20.2 40 15.7 24.5 45 8 310.5 313.4 298.1 357.3 15.31 2 950 556 30.3 19.5 53 10.8 22.5 43 8 307.9 310.8 297.5 353.9 15.22 3 900 1036 25.5 18.5 65 7.0 20.5 42 8 307.7 310.6 297.3 353.2 15.06 4 850 1536 20.9 16.9 78 4.1 18.1 359 6 308.1 310.7 297.0 351.5 14.35 5 800 2059 17.6 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 329 9 309.9 312.1 295.8 346.1 11.89 6 750 2608 14.0 11.7 86 2.4 12.5 352 7 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.4 11.58 7 700 3188 10.2 7.1 81 3.1 8.3 7 4 313.8 315.5 294.8 342.1 9.11 8 650 3800 6.2 0.1 65 6.1 2.9 346 3 316.0 317.2 293.0 334.9 5.96 9 600 4452 3.0 -7.8 45 10.8 -2.0 319 5 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.1 3.53 10 550 5153 0.1 -19.0 22 19.0 -6.8 289 4 324.1 324.5 291.6 329.5 1.55 11 500 5910 -3.7 -27.3 14 23.6 -10.5 198 6 328.6 328.7 292.1 331.5 0.82 12 450 6732 -8.8 -30.5 15 21.7 -14.3 207 11 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.7 0.67 13 400 7634 -14.5 -32.1 21 17.6 -18.6 214 10 336.1 336.2 294.0 338.5 0.65 14 350 8630 -21.9 -43.5 12 21.7 -25.0 256 4 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.23 15 300 9744 -31.0 -47.8 18 16.8 -32.7 175 1 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.17 16 250 11009 -41.5 -51.3 34 9.7 -42.2 23 6 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.14 17 200 12479 -53.4 -61.6 36 8.2 -53.6 349 4 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.05 18 150 14276 -65.0 -80.4 10 15.4 -65.1 357 7 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -74.5 -84.8 19 10.3 -74.6 54 10 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.72 m Freezing level: 549.29 mb = 5163.30 m = 16939.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.63 mb = 4176.89 m = 13703.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.43 mb = 2215.11 m = 7267.32 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2241.44 m = 7353.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.70 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.52 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1363.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.29 mb = 1969.85 m = 6462.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.29 mb = 2570.83 m = 8434.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.29 mb = 13745.79 m = 45097.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1349.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 17.1 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -169.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -6.7 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 222.92 Bulk Shear: 6.12 m/s