MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.67,-91.78 Latitude: 41.67 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 163 SFC 991 236 13.7 13.0 96 0.7 13.3 248 3 287.6 289.2 286.8 314.2 9.54 2 950 602 20.3 8.3 46 11.9 13.2 305 15 297.8 299.1 288.4 319.0 7.25 3 900 1066 17.5 8.0 54 9.5 11.9 322 14 299.5 300.9 289.2 321.6 7.50 4 850 1551 13.6 5.7 59 7.9 9.1 298 15 300.4 301.6 288.9 320.5 6.77 5 800 2059 10.7 2.4 57 8.3 6.2 298 15 302.5 303.6 288.6 319.6 5.69 6 750 2593 7.3 0.9 64 6.4 4.0 304 17 304.6 305.6 289.1 321.2 5.46 7 700 3157 3.0 1.9 93 1.1 2.4 311 19 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.0 6.30 8 650 3754 -0.7 -7.8 59 7.0 -3.7 318 19 308.1 308.8 288.2 318.4 3.28 9 600 4389 -3.9 -16.5 37 12.6 -8.2 323 22 311.6 312.0 287.9 317.4 1.76 10 550 5070 -7.9 -23.1 28 15.2 -12.1 328 25 314.7 315.0 288.2 318.4 1.08 11 500 5804 -12.7 -26.0 32 13.2 -16.0 331 29 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.92 12 450 6599 -18.1 -31.2 31 13.1 -20.7 334 34 320.4 320.6 289.6 322.7 0.63 13 400 7468 -23.9 -43.6 14 19.8 -26.3 348 37 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.20 14 350 8428 -31.0 -49.7 14 18.8 -32.5 355 43 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 15 300 9502 -38.5 -55.2 16 16.8 -39.4 338 45 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.07 16 250 10736 -45.6 -64.8 10 19.2 -46.2 319 52 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12196 -53.0 -68.4 14 15.4 -53.3 307 53 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14017 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 312 71 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16544 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 322 42 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.20 m Freezing level: 659.73 mb = 3637.47 m = 11933.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.32 mb = 3386.79 m = 11111.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.55 mb = 322.02 m = 1056.50 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 1.97 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.83 mb = 2838.59 m = 9312.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9034.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.92 mb = 1801.95 m = 5911.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.4 neg: -3.0 tot: 67.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.31 Bulk Shear: 13.67 m/s