MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 137 SFC 978 335 23.3 18.6 75 4.7 20.1 138 5 298.4 301.0 294.1 339.0 13.97 2 950 585 22.7 17.1 71 5.5 18.9 146 12 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.5 13.06 3 900 1054 18.3 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 149 12 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.6 12.69 4 850 1542 16.5 11.1 71 5.4 13.1 221 5 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.6 9.81 5 800 2057 14.0 7.5 65 6.4 10.1 259 8 306.0 307.6 291.9 330.8 8.18 6 750 2598 10.8 4.3 64 6.6 7.1 275 10 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.6 6.94 7 700 3170 7.1 1.7 69 5.3 4.1 291 11 310.3 311.5 291.6 329.5 6.20 8 650 3775 2.6 -0.6 79 3.3 1.0 299 14 312.0 313.0 291.6 329.5 5.63 9 600 4417 -1.7 -3.8 86 2.1 -2.8 307 16 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.3 4.80 10 550 5106 -5.5 -7.0 89 1.6 -6.2 313 20 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.9 4.11 11 500 5847 -9.6 -11.4 87 1.8 -10.4 305 16 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.19 12 450 6654 -14.4 -16.4 85 2.0 -15.1 288 12 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.2 2.36 13 400 7537 -20.1 -22.5 82 2.3 -20.8 252 10 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.58 14 350 8511 -27.4 -30.3 77 2.9 -27.9 243 12 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.88 15 300 9602 -35.9 -39.0 73 3.1 -36.2 228 15 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10841 -46.9 -50.4 68 3.4 -47.1 221 18 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.15 17 200 12285 -54.0 -66.2 21 12.2 -54.2 294 25 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14128 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.2 307 25 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16676 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 325 7 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.63 m Freezing level: 619.85 mb = 4162.39 m = 13655.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.14 mb = 3935.37 m = 12911.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.72 mb = 932.05 m = 3057.88 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.62 mb = 1976.18 m = 6483.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.45 mb = 1319.41 m = 4328.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.45 mb = 3199.92 m = 10498.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.45 mb = 11174.08 m = 36659.92 ft B at Equ Level: 373.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.45 mb = 12700.37 m = 41667.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 6.01 Bulk Shear: 64.32 m/s