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: 29.49,-98.29 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 988 209 35.4 20.6 42 14.8 24.6 37 8 309.7 312.6 298.2 357.5 15.69 2 950 557 29.4 19.7 56 9.7 22.5 36 9 307.1 309.9 297.4 353.5 15.41 3 900 1037 24.6 18.9 71 5.7 20.6 34 8 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.5 15.49 4 850 1536 21.1 15.6 71 5.5 17.3 330 9 308.2 310.7 296.3 348.3 13.23 5 800 2058 17.6 12.9 74 4.7 14.5 331 10 309.9 312.2 295.7 345.9 11.80 6 750 2608 13.9 11.7 86 2.2 12.4 348 9 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.3 11.59 7 700 3187 10.2 7.1 81 3.2 8.3 358 5 313.8 315.5 294.8 342.0 9.06 8 650 3800 6.2 1.1 70 5.2 3.4 345 3 316.0 317.3 293.4 336.2 6.39 9 600 4452 2.7 -6.5 51 9.2 -1.6 326 4 319.3 320.1 292.3 332.1 3.93 10 550 5152 0.1 -21.1 19 21.2 -7.1 274 3 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.7 1.29 11 500 5909 -4.0 -16.8 36 12.8 -8.8 191 7 328.2 328.6 293.1 335.3 2.05 12 450 6732 -8.8 -31.8 14 23.0 -14.5 207 11 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.4 0.59 13 400 7634 -14.5 -32.3 21 17.8 -18.6 221 9 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.5 0.63 14 350 8630 -21.8 -45.4 10 23.6 -25.1 269 4 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.19 15 300 9744 -31.0 -49.1 15 18.1 -32.8 63 1 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.2 0.15 16 250 11008 -41.5 -51.0 35 9.5 -42.1 17 8 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.14 17 200 12479 -53.4 -61.3 38 7.9 -53.6 349 5 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.05 18 150 14275 -65.2 -78.5 14 13.4 -65.3 347 7 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -74.4 -84.5 20 10.1 -74.5 54 10 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.92 m Freezing level: 548.49 mb = 5174.97 m = 16978.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.18 mb = 4235.06 m = 13894.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 34.41 C = 93.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.70 mb = 2072.27 m = 6798.70 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 18.55 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2173.42 m = 7130.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.04 C = 96.87 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 37.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1376.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.14 mb = 1833.45 m = 6015.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.14 mb = 2538.19 m = 8327.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.14 mb = 13637.03 m = 44740.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1370.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.4 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 14.4 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: -11.6 tot: -6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 228.52 Bulk Shear: 6.02 m/s