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 the city database file for: KIOW ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 163 SFC 993 223 13.6 13.0 96 0.6 13.2 241 3 287.3 289.0 286.6 313.8 9.50 2 950 602 20.4 8.0 45 12.3 13.1 298 15 297.9 299.2 288.3 318.7 7.11 3 900 1066 17.4 7.8 53 9.6 11.7 315 15 299.5 300.8 289.2 321.3 7.40 4 850 1551 13.5 5.6 59 7.9 9.0 298 16 300.3 301.5 288.8 320.2 6.70 5 800 2059 10.6 2.7 58 7.9 6.3 298 16 302.4 303.5 288.7 319.9 5.82 6 750 2593 7.3 0.6 63 6.6 3.8 305 18 304.5 305.4 288.9 320.7 5.35 7 700 3157 3.0 1.3 89 1.7 2.1 310 20 305.8 306.9 290.0 324.1 6.02 8 650 3753 -0.9 -6.3 67 5.4 -3.3 317 20 308.0 308.7 288.6 319.5 3.67 9 600 4388 -4.1 -16.1 39 12.0 -8.2 322 22 311.4 311.8 287.9 317.4 1.82 10 550 5069 -8.0 -22.6 30 14.6 -12.1 327 25 314.6 314.8 288.2 318.4 1.13 11 500 5801 -12.9 -26.0 33 13.0 -16.2 329 28 317.3 317.4 288.9 320.4 0.92 12 450 6596 -18.4 -30.7 33 12.2 -20.9 333 34 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.66 13 400 7464 -24.2 -42.3 17 18.1 -26.5 344 38 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.23 14 350 8423 -31.0 -53.1 10 22.1 -32.6 353 43 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.08 15 300 9497 -38.6 -55.0 16 16.4 -39.5 337 46 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.07 16 250 10731 -45.6 -64.8 10 19.2 -46.2 319 53 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12191 -53.0 -68.3 14 15.2 -53.3 307 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14012 -58.5 -81.2 4 22.7 -58.7 312 71 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16541 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 322 42 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.65 m Freezing level: 661.19 mb = 3619.41 m = 11874.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.25 mb = 3386.90 m = 11111.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.38 mb = 297.03 m = 974.50 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.27 mb = 2855.59 m = 9368.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9240.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.14 mb = 1809.60 m = 5936.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 346.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.80 Bulk Shear: 16.57 m/s