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: 29.46,-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 77 SFC 981 247 36.0 18.7 36 17.3 23.6 174 10 310.8 313.4 297.4 353.3 13.91 2 950 540 31.2 17.9 45 13.3 21.8 175 11 308.9 311.4 296.7 350.4 13.71 3 900 1022 26.4 17.0 56 9.4 19.8 176 12 308.7 311.3 296.7 350.1 13.65 4 850 1522 21.5 16.1 71 5.4 17.8 176 12 308.7 311.3 296.7 350.2 13.67 5 800 2045 16.4 15.1 92 1.3 15.5 177 12 308.6 311.2 296.6 350.0 13.65 6 750 2592 13.3 6.5 64 6.7 9.2 202 15 311.0 312.5 293.3 336.0 8.14 7 700 3169 10.8 -2.1 41 12.8 4.1 196 11 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.3 4.69 8 650 3783 7.9 -5.9 37 13.8 1.1 143 5 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.1 3.78 9 600 4438 4.4 -15.5 22 19.9 -3.4 157 5 321.2 321.6 291.0 327.7 1.91 10 550 5141 1.0 -24.8 13 25.8 -7.2 187 6 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.93 11 500 5901 -2.6 -31.2 9 28.6 -10.4 207 4 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.9 0.56 12 450 6727 -8.1 -21.6 33 13.5 -12.6 248 6 333.0 333.3 293.9 338.4 1.51 13 400 7631 -14.6 -24.9 41 10.3 -17.5 279 10 336.1 336.3 294.5 340.7 1.27 14 350 8626 -22.2 -40.5 17 18.3 -25.1 300 12 338.9 338.9 294.3 340.1 0.32 15 300 9740 -30.6 -37.6 50 7.0 -31.6 295 22 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.3 0.50 16 250 11009 -40.4 -49.3 38 8.8 -41.1 306 24 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.7 0.17 17 200 12487 -52.3 -59.9 40 7.5 -52.6 300 24 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14289 -66.1 -75.1 27 9.0 -66.1 296 20 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -76.2 -85.0 24 8.8 -76.3 319 18 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.78 m Freezing level: 535.84 mb = 5356.55 m = 17573.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3940.93 m = 12929.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.25 mb = 2421.02 m = 7942.87 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 20.84 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.07 mb = 2345.82 m = 7696.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.11 C = 95.20 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.74 C K Index: 27.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.22 mb = 2246.00 m = 7368.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.22 mb = 2521.54 m = 8272.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.22 mb = 12606.67 m = 41359.97 ft B at Equ Level: 481.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.22 mb = 15302.59 m = 50204.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 212.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -5.2 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 581.89 Bulk Shear: 0.83 m/s