MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.73,-93.76 Latitude: 41.73 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 986 287 18.6 17.7 94 0.9 18.0 90 2 292.9 295.3 291.7 329.9 13.00 2 950 610 21.8 15.1 66 6.7 17.4 103 6 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.6 11.41 3 900 1076 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.1 106 3 299.6 301.6 292.3 332.0 11.09 4 850 1562 13.8 10.1 78 3.7 11.5 90 2 300.6 302.2 291.0 327.5 9.15 5 800 2071 10.8 6.4 74 4.4 8.3 275 2 302.7 304.1 290.3 325.3 7.56 6 750 2606 8.0 -4.5 41 12.5 2.2 260 3 305.3 306.0 287.6 316.6 3.65 7 700 3172 4.5 -5.5 48 10.0 -0.1 284 5 307.5 308.1 288.3 318.8 3.63 8 650 3771 1.9 -15.0 27 16.9 -4.4 305 9 311.1 311.4 287.8 317.1 1.83 9 600 4412 -1.1 -21.2 20 20.1 -7.5 310 13 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.8 1.17 10 550 5101 -4.6 -30.7 11 26.0 -11.1 294 11 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.54 11 500 5845 -8.1 -43.3 4 35.2 -14.3 277 7 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.17 12 450 6654 -13.8 -45.3 5 31.5 -18.6 277 11 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.15 13 400 7536 -20.6 -51.4 5 30.8 -24.0 285 18 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 14 350 8507 -28.2 -53.7 7 25.5 -30.3 298 24 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 15 300 9595 -36.2 -55.0 13 18.8 -37.4 324 27 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 16 250 10833 -46.5 -58.7 24 12.2 -47.0 333 30 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12272 -56.9 -64.3 39 7.4 -57.0 322 39 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14083 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 312 55 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16597 -62.6 -87.2 2 24.6 -62.8 323 36 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.98 m Freezing level: 618.29 mb = 4177.91 m = 13706.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.16 mb = 3146.32 m = 10322.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.52 mb = 405.81 m = 1331.38 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1631.60 m = 5352.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.50 C = 79.70 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 21.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.54 mb = 1319.96 m = 4330.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.54 mb = 2832.69 m = 9293.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 649.54 mb = 3776.75 m = 12390.78 ft B at Equ Level: 31.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 549.54 mb = 5107.51 m = 16756.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 326.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 17.63 m/s