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: 41.94,-92.09 Latitude: 41.94 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 191 SFC 991 265 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.6 132 5 292.7 294.7 290.1 324.4 11.13 2 950 630 16.9 10.2 65 6.7 12.9 208 13 294.4 295.8 288.1 318.1 8.24 3 900 1090 14.8 6.5 57 8.3 10.1 238 18 296.8 298.0 287.6 316.5 6.74 4 850 1571 11.6 7.8 77 3.8 9.4 253 21 298.3 299.7 289.1 321.3 7.83 5 800 2075 8.4 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 278 23 300.2 301.6 289.9 323.9 8.04 6 750 2607 5.4 5.0 98 0.3 5.2 278 25 302.4 303.7 290.0 324.3 7.33 7 700 3168 2.6 1.4 92 1.2 2.0 282 23 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.8 6.05 8 650 3764 -1.6 -2.2 96 0.5 -1.9 291 20 307.1 308.1 289.6 322.6 5.03 9 600 4397 -4.5 -8.1 76 3.6 -6.0 306 18 310.9 311.6 289.3 321.9 3.47 10 550 5077 -8.7 -15.3 59 6.6 -10.9 302 18 313.8 314.2 289.0 320.7 2.12 11 500 5808 -13.7 -23.6 43 9.9 -16.3 296 21 316.3 316.6 288.8 320.2 1.14 12 450 6601 -19.0 -32.1 30 13.1 -21.5 290 30 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.4 0.57 13 400 7465 -25.4 -39.7 25 14.3 -27.3 291 44 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.30 14 350 8421 -31.6 -51.2 13 19.6 -33.1 293 64 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.10 15 300 9494 -39.0 -53.1 21 14.1 -39.8 296 80 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 16 250 10721 -47.3 -59.8 22 12.6 -47.7 296 88 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 17 200 12170 -53.9 -68.1 16 14.2 -54.2 300 95 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14007 -56.1 -83.5 2 27.4 -56.5 311 66 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16561 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 319 33 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.67 m Freezing level: 669.05 mb = 3537.13 m = 11604.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.36 mb = 3468.39 m = 11379.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.58 mb = 706.17 m = 2316.81 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 7.90 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2241.82 m = 7354.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8862.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.62 mb = 1525.21 m = 5003.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 59.90 m/s