MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.63,-91.55 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 167 SFC 994 223 16.3 14.1 87 2.2 14.9 195 3 290.0 291.8 288.3 318.7 10.21 2 950 608 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 15.9 232 21 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.6 10.07 3 900 1074 18.0 10.0 60 7.9 13.1 259 23 300.0 301.6 290.4 325.4 8.62 4 850 1560 13.7 6.5 62 7.2 9.6 269 23 300.5 301.9 289.3 321.8 7.16 5 800 2068 10.6 2.2 56 8.4 6.1 285 21 302.5 303.5 288.5 319.4 5.62 6 750 2602 6.8 2.2 72 4.6 4.4 295 14 304.0 305.1 289.4 322.1 5.98 7 700 3166 3.3 1.9 91 1.4 2.5 279 12 306.1 307.3 290.3 325.2 6.28 8 650 3762 -1.6 -3.3 88 1.7 -2.4 284 12 307.2 308.0 289.2 321.4 4.61 9 600 4395 -4.2 -14.9 43 10.7 -7.9 298 15 311.3 311.7 288.1 317.8 2.01 10 550 5076 -7.8 -25.9 22 18.1 -12.5 308 17 314.9 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.84 11 500 5810 -12.5 -30.7 20 18.1 -16.5 313 24 317.8 317.9 288.7 319.8 0.59 12 450 6605 -18.0 -40.0 13 21.9 -21.4 316 28 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.5 0.26 13 400 7473 -24.7 -42.6 17 18.0 -26.8 315 33 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.22 14 350 8429 -32.1 -48.0 19 16.0 -33.4 310 39 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.14 15 300 9498 -40.6 -51.9 29 11.3 -41.2 305 53 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.11 16 250 10722 -46.5 -58.2 25 11.7 -46.9 304 76 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 17 200 12180 -52.4 -70.1 10 17.7 -52.7 309 74 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14023 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 316 67 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16568 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 310 38 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.67 m Freezing level: 666.39 mb = 3566.85 m = 11702.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.20 mb = 3468.15 m = 11378.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.33 mb = 506.33 m = 1661.18 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.20 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2204.33 m = 7231.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.99 mb = 1510.13 m = 4954.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.99 mb = 3518.60 m = 11543.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.99 mb = 4264.42 m = 13990.70 ft B at Equ Level: 46.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.99 mb = 5809.90 m = 19061.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.8 neg: -10.6 tot: 167.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 30.13 m/s