MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F072.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KOFF ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: KOFF Latitude: 41.12 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 978 332 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 125 10 293.9 296.4 292.4 332.6 13.55 2 950 579 17.8 17.2 96 0.6 17.4 138 22 295.3 297.6 292.5 333.0 13.13 3 900 1044 18.6 13.1 70 5.6 15.0 187 20 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.8 10.57 4 850 1532 14.6 11.9 84 2.8 12.9 201 19 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.0 10.34 5 800 2042 10.6 9.8 95 0.7 10.1 206 19 302.4 304.2 291.9 330.8 9.58 6 750 2577 7.6 4.9 83 2.8 6.1 219 11 304.9 306.2 290.7 326.7 7.24 7 700 3144 5.0 4.4 96 0.5 4.6 234 10 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.0 7.53 8 650 3745 1.5 0.9 96 0.6 1.2 240 12 310.7 311.9 291.7 330.2 6.30 9 600 4386 -2.1 -2.6 97 0.5 -2.4 253 12 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.2 5.27 10 550 5073 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.8 270 13 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.5 4.11 11 500 5810 -10.9 -15.3 70 4.4 -12.5 290 17 319.7 320.2 291.0 327.5 2.33 12 450 6612 -16.7 -26.6 42 9.9 -19.0 294 20 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.97 13 400 7483 -24.2 -34.0 40 9.8 -25.8 295 20 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.54 14 350 8442 -30.7 -52.3 10 21.6 -32.4 297 24 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.09 15 300 9516 -39.6 -59.4 10 19.8 -40.5 292 27 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.04 16 250 10739 -47.6 -61.3 19 13.6 -48.1 287 31 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12200 -50.4 -71.6 6 21.2 -50.8 286 45 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14063 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 284 39 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 300 17 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.23 m Freezing level: 629.26 mb = 4010.78 m = 13158.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3952.96 m = 12968.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.57 mb = 421.45 m = 1382.68 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.30 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1626.98 m = 5337.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.05 mb = 1148.51 m = 3768.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.05 mb = 2103.44 m = 6900.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.05 mb = 9882.89 m = 32423.80 ft B at Equ Level: 326.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.05 mb = 11755.46 m = 38567.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.5 neg: -9.3 tot: 162.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 4.49 Bulk Shear: 72.70 m/s