MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 29.46,-98.56 Latitude: 29.46 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 985 247 34.8 20.8 44 14.0 24.6 162 4 309.2 312.2 298.2 357.5 15.88 2 950 574 30.0 20.1 55 9.9 22.8 166 4 307.7 310.6 297.7 355.3 15.77 3 900 1054 25.3 19.3 69 6.1 21.0 170 4 307.6 310.6 297.8 355.3 15.81 4 850 1554 20.5 18.3 88 2.1 18.9 174 4 307.6 310.5 297.7 355.3 15.78 5 800 2075 15.9 15.0 95 0.9 15.3 218 5 308.1 310.6 296.4 349.0 13.54 6 750 2620 12.4 6.3 66 6.1 8.8 256 10 310.0 311.5 293.0 334.6 8.02 7 700 3198 10.6 1.0 51 9.6 5.3 256 13 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.87 8 650 3810 6.6 -5.9 40 12.5 0.5 258 11 316.4 317.2 291.3 328.6 3.78 9 600 4463 3.6 -7.7 43 11.3 -1.7 295 10 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.1 3.58 10 550 5164 -0.4 -10.7 46 10.3 -4.9 314 14 323.6 324.2 292.8 333.9 3.08 11 500 5919 -5.6 -15.5 46 9.9 -9.4 290 9 326.2 326.7 292.8 334.1 2.29 12 450 6737 -10.5 -20.5 44 10.0 -13.7 265 16 330.1 330.4 293.3 336.0 1.67 13 400 7633 -16.3 -29.4 31 13.1 -19.4 259 18 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.84 14 350 8622 -24.1 -31.8 49 7.7 -25.6 257 15 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.1 0.76 15 300 9731 -31.8 -47.8 19 16.0 -33.3 279 25 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.17 16 250 10993 -41.7 -57.1 17 15.4 -42.5 285 30 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 17 200 12464 -53.0 -68.3 14 15.3 -53.3 289 28 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14261 -66.1 -78.7 16 12.6 -66.2 298 28 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16664 -74.6 -85.0 18 10.5 -74.6 307 15 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.44 m Freezing level: 555.01 mb = 5094.07 m = 16712.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.55 mb = 3967.97 m = 13018.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.03 mb = 2010.17 m = 6594.96 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 26.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.61 mb = 1856.15 m = 6089.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.41 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: -0.03 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2003.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.58 mb = 1856.42 m = 6090.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.58 mb = 1908.96 m = 6262.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.58 mb = 14438.29 m = 47369.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1973.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 123.90 Bulk Shear: 16.17 m/s