MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 15 AUG 25 Station: 29.1,-93.4 Latitude: 29.10 Longitude: -93.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 -1 29.9 27.2 85 2.7 27.9 191 9 301.6 305.8 300.5 369.5 22.89 1 1000 149 28.6 26.5 88 2.1 27.0 191 9 301.7 305.8 300.1 367.7 22.23 2 950 607 25.4 22.5 84 2.9 23.3 185 10 302.9 306.3 298.2 357.3 18.34 3 900 1081 22.4 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 180 10 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.0 14.25 4 850 1576 19.0 13.7 71 5.4 15.5 168 9 306.1 308.3 294.6 341.1 11.66 5 800 2096 16.7 10.8 68 5.9 12.9 162 10 309.0 310.9 294.3 340.0 10.21 6 750 2643 13.4 6.9 65 6.5 9.5 163 13 311.1 312.7 293.6 336.9 8.36 7 700 3221 9.7 4.9 72 4.8 6.9 167 14 313.3 314.7 293.7 337.5 7.80 8 650 3833 5.6 2.7 81 2.9 3.9 168 11 315.4 316.7 293.8 337.9 7.18 9 600 4483 1.5 -0.1 89 1.6 0.6 169 10 317.8 319.1 293.8 338.0 6.33 10 550 5179 -2.6 -7.3 70 4.7 -4.8 177 9 321.0 321.8 292.9 334.2 4.01 11 500 5930 -6.2 -19.1 35 12.9 -10.6 200 6 325.5 325.9 292.1 331.4 1.69 12 450 6747 -10.9 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.4 245 5 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.5 0.81 13 400 7641 -16.5 -40.3 11 23.7 -20.6 267 5 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.6 0.29 14 350 8630 -23.6 -46.1 11 22.6 -26.4 305 3 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.17 15 300 9739 -31.7 -49.6 15 17.9 -33.3 315 4 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.14 16 250 11000 -41.8 -53.7 26 12.0 -42.5 313 8 343.9 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.10 17 200 12472 -53.5 -61.4 37 7.9 -53.7 298 15 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14264 -66.7 -73.8 36 7.1 -66.8 301 11 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16676 -72.2 -84.5 14 12.3 -72.2 85 11 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.26 m Freezing level: 581.83 mb = 4736.20 m = 15538.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.38 mb = 4558.52 m = 14955.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.20 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.40 mb = 343.90 m = 1128.25 ft T: 27.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 32.62 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 1024.34 m = 3360.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.59 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3260.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.42 mb = 799.11 m = 2621.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.42 mb = 1232.51 m = 4043.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.42 mb = 14916.70 m = 48938.71 ft B at Equ Level: 3220.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.7 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 202.7 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2891.51 Bulk Shear: 1.13 m/s