MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 40.17,-92.38 Latitude: 40.17 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 989 262 17.5 16.1 92 1.4 16.6 90 7 291.6 293.6 290.2 324.7 11.73 2 950 609 17.3 10.8 66 6.4 13.4 128 16 294.7 296.3 288.6 319.5 8.60 3 900 1069 14.2 10.9 80 3.3 12.1 141 15 296.1 297.8 289.5 322.5 9.11 4 850 1550 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 192 16 299.2 300.8 290.0 324.3 8.54 5 800 2057 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 236 13 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.5 9.22 6 750 2591 6.5 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 246 13 303.6 305.0 290.8 326.8 7.76 7 700 3154 3.6 3.2 97 0.4 3.4 247 11 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.88 8 650 3753 0.1 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.1 257 12 309.1 310.2 290.9 326.9 5.78 9 600 4391 -3.2 -4.2 92 1.0 -3.7 270 15 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.2 4.67 10 550 5075 -7.4 -9.5 85 2.2 -8.3 272 16 315.3 316.0 290.6 326.2 3.37 11 500 5811 -11.1 -16.2 66 5.1 -12.8 276 19 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.7 2.16 12 450 6612 -17.1 -29.8 32 12.7 -19.8 272 18 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.72 13 400 7483 -23.2 -35.2 32 12.0 -25.2 242 11 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.48 14 350 8446 -30.1 -36.1 56 6.0 -30.9 293 11 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.1 0.50 15 300 9524 -39.3 -43.4 64 4.2 -39.6 314 20 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.27 16 250 10742 -50.5 -55.4 56 4.9 -50.6 320 24 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12173 -55.0 -69.4 15 14.4 -55.2 280 29 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14020 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 292 30 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16574 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 315 18 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.42 m Freezing level: 648.15 mb = 3776.82 m = 12390.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.41 mb = 3735.67 m = 12255.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.51 mb = 435.65 m = 1429.26 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 5.22 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.15 mb = 2034.93 m = 6676.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8751.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.44 mb = 1253.96 m = 4113.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.2 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 275.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 164.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 76.22 m/s