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: 29.54,-98.53 Latitude: 29.54 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 95 SFC 980 280 35.2 20.3 42 14.9 24.3 42 8 310.2 313.1 298.2 357.4 15.50 2 950 556 30.0 19.8 54 10.3 22.6 40 8 307.7 310.6 297.5 354.3 15.43 3 900 1036 25.2 18.7 67 6.5 20.5 38 8 307.5 310.3 297.4 353.4 15.21 4 850 1536 21.0 16.5 76 4.5 17.9 342 8 308.1 310.8 296.8 350.6 14.05 5 800 2059 17.6 13.1 75 4.5 14.6 328 10 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.4 11.95 6 750 2608 14.1 11.7 86 2.4 12.5 348 8 311.8 314.1 296.1 347.5 11.59 7 700 3188 10.2 6.8 80 3.3 8.2 2 4 313.8 315.5 294.7 341.5 8.93 8 650 3800 6.2 0.1 65 6.1 2.9 342 3 316.0 317.2 293.0 334.8 5.94 9 600 4452 2.9 -7.2 47 10.1 -1.9 318 5 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.6 3.70 10 550 5153 0.1 -20.1 20 20.2 -7.0 284 4 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.41 11 500 5910 -3.7 -25.9 16 22.2 -10.4 202 6 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.8 0.92 12 450 6732 -8.9 -30.3 16 21.4 -14.3 210 11 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.6 0.69 13 400 7634 -14.5 -31.9 21 17.4 -18.5 218 10 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.7 0.66 14 350 8630 -21.8 -43.0 13 21.1 -25.0 262 5 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.25 15 300 9744 -31.1 -47.3 19 16.2 -32.7 212 1 341.6 341.6 294.9 342.3 0.18 16 250 11009 -41.5 -51.7 33 10.1 -42.2 18 6 344.3 344.3 295.5 344.8 0.13 17 200 12479 -53.4 -61.7 35 8.3 -53.6 340 4 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.05 18 150 14276 -65.0 -79.8 11 14.8 -65.1 354 7 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.00 19 100 16680 -74.5 -84.8 19 10.3 -74.6 53 10 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.92 m Freezing level: 548.37 mb = 5177.37 m = 16985.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.54 mb = 4191.19 m = 13750.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.92 C = 93.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.26 mb = 2152.22 m = 7060.99 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.35 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2222.42 m = 7291.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.57 C = 96.02 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1372.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.72 mb = 1912.02 m = 6272.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.72 mb = 2622.50 m = 8603.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.72 mb = 13541.09 m = 44425.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1370.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.2 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 9.2 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -9.0 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 193.86 Bulk Shear: 7.08 m/s