MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-91.78 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 992 233 21.7 16.6 73 5.1 18.3 163 4 295.5 297.7 291.7 330.2 12.07 2 950 609 20.9 11.8 56 9.1 15.2 206 13 298.4 300.1 290.3 325.3 9.20 3 900 1074 16.9 10.0 64 6.9 12.7 223 16 298.9 300.5 290.0 324.1 8.58 4 850 1557 12.6 9.1 79 3.5 10.5 235 17 299.4 300.9 290.2 324.6 8.59 5 800 2063 8.9 4.5 74 4.4 6.5 268 15 300.7 301.9 288.9 320.4 6.63 6 750 2594 5.4 0.9 73 4.4 3.1 296 17 302.4 303.4 288.3 318.8 5.46 7 700 3155 1.9 -1.8 76 3.7 0.1 316 15 304.6 305.4 288.5 319.1 4.77 8 650 3749 -0.7 -9.8 50 9.1 -4.4 332 14 308.2 308.7 287.8 317.0 2.79 9 600 4385 -4.2 -13.5 48 9.3 -7.6 326 17 311.3 311.7 288.3 318.6 2.26 10 550 5065 -8.5 -21.1 35 12.6 -12.2 328 22 314.0 314.2 288.2 318.3 1.29 11 500 5796 -13.6 -26.6 33 13.0 -16.7 328 28 316.4 316.6 288.5 319.4 0.87 12 450 6589 -18.4 -32.1 29 13.7 -21.0 328 37 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.1 0.58 13 400 7458 -24.3 -38.3 26 14.0 -26.3 322 45 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.35 14 350 8415 -31.4 -47.8 18 16.4 -32.8 316 50 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.15 15 300 9491 -38.4 -57.2 12 18.8 -39.4 310 73 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.06 16 250 10721 -46.6 -57.9 26 11.3 -47.0 301 99 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12174 -52.3 -81.1 2 28.8 -52.7 306 94 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.00 18 150 14012 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 307 69 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16554 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 313 36 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.53 m Freezing level: 663.63 mb = 3587.08 m = 11768.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.12 mb = 3164.73 m = 10382.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.23 mb = 882.55 m = 2895.47 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1895.83 m = 6219.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 31.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.87 mb = 1627.78 m = 5340.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.87 mb = 2400.51 m = 7875.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 597.87 mb = 4412.53 m = 14476.62 ft B at Equ Level: 42.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.87 mb = 7865.77 m = 25806.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 334.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 66.86 m/s