MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.23,-95.85 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -95.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 978 336 25.9 18.3 63 7.7 20.6 157 9 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.0 13.62 2 950 590 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.8 159 11 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.3 13.02 3 900 1058 17.9 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 161 12 300.0 302.3 293.7 337.7 12.87 4 850 1545 15.5 12.0 80 3.5 13.3 194 7 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.3 10.44 5 800 2057 12.2 11.4 95 0.8 11.7 248 8 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.9 10.64 6 750 2597 9.8 8.0 88 1.8 8.7 260 10 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.4 8.99 7 700 3168 6.7 3.8 82 2.9 5.0 251 12 309.9 311.2 292.3 332.0 7.18 8 650 3772 2.7 0.3 84 2.4 1.4 241 12 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.7 6.01 9 600 4415 -1.7 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.4 240 14 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.2 5.08 10 550 5104 -5.6 -6.6 93 1.0 -6.0 245 15 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.2 4.25 11 500 5846 -9.1 -13.5 70 4.4 -10.8 238 14 321.9 322.5 292.0 331.0 2.70 12 450 6654 -14.1 -20.1 60 6.0 -15.9 244 13 325.5 325.9 292.1 331.5 1.72 13 400 7536 -20.3 -29.3 44 9.0 -22.2 251 14 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.7 0.84 14 350 8510 -27.6 -44.3 19 16.7 -29.5 215 14 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.21 15 300 9600 -36.1 -46.1 35 10.0 -37.0 209 15 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.20 16 250 10837 -46.9 -51.6 59 4.7 -47.1 222 15 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 17 200 12277 -55.4 -64.8 30 9.4 -55.6 290 17 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14112 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 293 17 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16659 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 324 7 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.20 m Freezing level: 619.53 mb = 4164.27 m = 13662.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.77 mb = 4000.95 m = 13126.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.70 mb = 1300.57 m = 4266.92 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.95 mb = 1605.23 m = 5266.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.48 mb = 1322.26 m = 4338.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.48 mb = 1978.52 m = 6491.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.48 mb = 11168.78 m = 36642.54 ft B at Equ Level: 429.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.48 mb = 13039.20 m = 42779.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 17.74 Bulk Shear: 24.59 m/s