MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 29.54,-98.47 Latitude: 29.54 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 980 265 35.8 18.8 37 17.0 23.6 174 10 310.8 313.5 297.5 353.9 14.09 2 950 540 31.2 17.8 45 13.3 21.8 176 12 308.8 311.4 296.7 350.2 13.66 3 900 1022 26.4 17.2 57 9.2 19.9 177 12 308.7 311.3 296.8 350.7 13.84 4 850 1523 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.8 177 12 308.7 311.3 296.7 350.4 13.78 5 800 2045 16.4 15.2 93 1.2 15.6 179 12 308.6 311.2 296.7 350.3 13.75 6 750 2592 13.2 6.9 66 6.3 9.3 204 15 310.9 312.5 293.4 336.6 8.36 7 700 3170 10.8 -1.5 42 12.3 4.3 199 11 314.4 315.3 291.7 329.9 4.90 8 650 3784 7.9 -6.1 36 14.0 1.1 149 5 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.0 3.73 9 600 4439 4.3 -15.2 23 19.5 -3.5 165 5 321.1 321.4 291.0 327.6 1.95 10 550 5141 1.0 -25.0 12 25.9 -7.2 191 7 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.91 11 500 5901 -2.6 -31.8 9 29.2 -10.4 210 5 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.8 0.53 12 450 6727 -8.1 -21.9 32 13.8 -12.6 251 6 333.0 333.3 293.9 338.3 1.47 13 400 7630 -14.6 -24.7 42 10.1 -17.5 281 11 336.0 336.2 294.5 340.7 1.29 14 350 8625 -22.3 -40.9 17 18.6 -25.1 304 12 338.8 338.8 294.3 340.0 0.31 15 300 9739 -30.5 -38.1 48 7.6 -31.6 295 22 342.4 342.5 295.3 344.3 0.48 16 250 11008 -40.5 -48.6 41 8.1 -41.1 306 23 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.6 0.18 17 200 12486 -52.3 -60.0 39 7.6 -52.6 299 24 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14288 -66.1 -75.1 27 9.1 -66.1 295 21 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16670 -76.2 -85.1 23 8.9 -76.2 318 18 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.15 m Freezing level: 536.67 mb = 5343.90 m = 17532.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.68 mb = 3940.28 m = 12927.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.69 C = 92.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.23 mb = 2399.40 m = 7871.94 ft T: 14.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2311.88 m = 7584.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.75 C = 94.56 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 28.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 531.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.79 mb = 2229.28 m = 7313.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.79 mb = 2504.21 m = 8215.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.79 mb = 12880.67 m = 42258.89 ft B at Equ Level: 523.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.79 mb = 15707.95 m = 51534.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 215.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 478.87 Bulk Shear: 1.11 m/s