MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-92.09 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -92.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 993 249 20.4 15.8 75 4.6 17.4 163 4 294.1 296.2 290.8 326.8 11.44 2 950 633 17.5 12.2 71 5.2 14.2 200 12 294.9 296.6 289.4 322.1 9.46 3 900 1093 15.0 6.3 56 8.8 10.0 234 18 297.0 298.2 287.6 316.4 6.64 4 850 1574 11.7 6.7 71 5.0 8.9 249 19 298.4 299.8 288.7 319.8 7.28 5 800 2079 8.4 7.9 97 0.4 8.1 274 21 300.1 301.6 290.2 324.9 8.40 6 750 2610 5.4 5.1 98 0.3 5.2 278 22 302.4 303.8 290.1 324.4 7.35 7 700 3172 2.4 1.4 93 1.0 1.8 285 20 305.1 306.2 289.8 323.5 6.06 8 650 3767 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 295 18 307.0 307.9 289.5 322.4 5.02 9 600 4400 -3.9 -11.4 56 7.5 -6.8 301 16 311.6 312.1 288.8 320.2 2.67 10 550 5081 -8.4 -21.4 34 13.0 -12.2 293 18 314.1 314.4 288.2 318.4 1.26 11 500 5812 -13.4 -24.6 38 11.2 -16.2 293 23 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.3 1.04 12 450 6607 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.0 -20.7 290 34 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.68 13 400 7474 -24.7 -38.0 28 13.3 -26.6 294 51 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.36 14 350 8432 -31.0 -46.2 21 15.1 -32.4 295 68 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 15 300 9507 -38.6 -48.8 33 10.2 -39.3 295 79 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10736 -46.9 -57.3 29 10.4 -47.3 297 95 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 17 200 12183 -54.6 -64.9 27 10.3 -54.8 301 101 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14016 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 311 66 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16566 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.3 -60.8 318 34 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.24 m Freezing level: 671.39 mb = 3512.43 m = 11523.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.89 mb = 3453.31 m = 11329.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.22 % Est. max temperature: 24.94 C = 76.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.95 mb = 832.79 m = 2732.20 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1977.80 m = 6488.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 2.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.12 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8372.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.13 mb = 1454.75 m = 4772.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 53.71 m/s