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 the city database file for: KIOW ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 28 AUG 25 Station: KIOW Latitude: 41.63 Longitude: -91.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 993 223 21.4 16.5 74 4.9 18.2 156 4 295.2 297.3 291.6 329.6 12.00 2 950 609 20.4 11.7 57 8.7 15.0 206 15 297.9 299.5 290.1 324.5 9.13 3 900 1073 16.6 9.9 65 6.7 12.6 226 18 298.6 300.2 289.9 323.7 8.54 4 850 1557 12.5 8.7 77 3.8 10.2 239 17 299.2 300.7 289.9 323.6 8.31 5 800 2062 9.0 4.1 71 4.9 6.3 282 16 300.8 301.9 288.7 319.9 6.42 6 750 2594 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.6 302 18 302.3 303.4 288.8 320.1 5.92 7 700 3154 1.6 -1.9 77 3.6 -0.1 320 16 304.3 305.2 288.3 318.8 4.74 8 650 3748 -0.7 -10.6 47 9.9 -4.6 330 14 308.2 308.7 287.6 316.5 2.63 9 600 4383 -4.2 -13.5 48 9.3 -7.6 325 17 311.2 311.7 288.3 318.5 2.25 10 550 5064 -8.6 -20.0 39 11.4 -12.1 328 22 313.9 314.1 288.3 318.6 1.42 11 500 5794 -13.8 -26.5 33 12.7 -16.8 328 27 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.3 0.88 12 450 6587 -18.7 -32.2 29 13.5 -21.2 330 36 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.8 0.57 13 400 7454 -24.5 -38.7 26 14.2 -26.5 323 45 323.2 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.34 14 350 8412 -31.7 -46.1 23 14.4 -33.0 317 50 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.17 15 300 9486 -38.8 -57.7 12 18.8 -39.8 310 67 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 16 250 10714 -46.7 -59.0 23 12.3 -47.1 301 95 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12167 -52.2 -80.4 2 28.1 -52.6 307 90 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.0 0.00 18 150 14007 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.3 307 69 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16550 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.5 313 36 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.45 m Freezing level: 664.41 mb = 3576.68 m = 11734.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.32 mb = 3138.27 m = 10296.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.26 mb = 845.04 m = 2772.41 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.74 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1911.03 m = 6269.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.62 mb = 1580.12 m = 5184.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.62 mb = 2456.19 m = 8058.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.62 mb = 3715.75 m = 12190.64 ft B at Equ Level: 35.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.62 mb = 7406.03 m = 24297.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 72.70 m/s