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: 29.49,-98.50 Latitude: 29.49 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 248 34.8 20.7 44 14.1 24.5 165 4 309.3 312.3 298.2 357.4 15.81 2 950 574 30.0 19.9 55 10.1 22.7 169 4 307.6 310.6 297.7 354.7 15.61 3 900 1054 25.3 19.0 68 6.3 20.8 174 4 307.6 310.5 297.6 354.7 15.60 4 850 1554 20.4 18.2 87 2.2 18.9 179 4 307.5 310.5 297.7 354.9 15.69 5 800 2075 15.8 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 221 5 308.0 310.6 296.4 349.0 13.54 6 750 2620 12.4 6.2 66 6.2 8.7 258 10 310.1 311.6 292.9 334.5 7.96 7 700 3198 10.5 0.8 51 9.8 5.2 257 13 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.4 5.79 8 650 3810 6.6 -6.1 40 12.6 0.5 258 11 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.5 3.74 9 600 4462 3.6 -7.5 44 11.1 -1.6 294 11 320.3 321.0 292.3 332.2 3.63 10 550 5164 -0.4 -10.9 45 10.4 -5.0 312 14 323.6 324.2 292.7 333.7 3.04 11 500 5918 -5.6 -15.4 46 9.8 -9.4 289 10 326.2 326.6 292.8 334.1 2.31 12 450 6737 -10.5 -20.4 44 9.9 -13.7 265 17 330.0 330.4 293.3 335.9 1.68 13 400 7633 -16.3 -29.0 32 12.7 -19.3 259 18 333.9 334.0 293.6 337.1 0.87 14 350 8622 -24.1 -31.1 52 7.0 -25.5 258 15 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.3 0.81 15 300 9730 -31.8 -47.8 19 16.0 -33.4 279 25 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.17 16 250 10993 -41.7 -57.2 17 15.4 -42.5 285 30 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 17 200 12464 -53.0 -68.4 14 15.5 -53.3 288 28 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14260 -66.1 -78.8 15 12.7 -66.2 297 28 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16664 -74.5 -85.0 18 10.5 -74.6 306 15 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.84 m Freezing level: 555.23 mb = 5090.72 m = 16701.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.26 mb = 3958.74 m = 12987.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.52 mb = 2026.47 m = 6648.45 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 26.44 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.85 mb = 1874.70 m = 6150.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 34.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1906.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.73 mb = 1875.89 m = 6154.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.73 mb = 1928.54 m = 6327.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.73 mb = 14106.93 m = 46282.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1897.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 120.77 Bulk Shear: 15.78 m/s