MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.47,-91.62 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 994 217 28.7 17.0 49 11.7 20.6 300 3 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.8 12.34 2 950 614 22.2 13.7 59 8.5 16.7 315 4 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.43 3 900 1081 17.7 12.1 70 5.5 14.1 314 5 299.7 301.5 291.4 328.8 9.93 4 850 1566 14.3 4.1 50 10.2 8.6 322 10 301.1 302.2 288.5 319.2 6.04 5 800 2074 10.6 3.9 63 6.7 6.9 318 10 302.4 303.6 289.2 321.4 6.33 6 750 2609 6.9 3.0 76 4.0 4.8 319 12 304.1 305.3 289.8 323.2 6.33 7 700 3172 2.8 -0.1 81 2.9 1.3 321 14 305.6 306.6 289.4 322.2 5.43 8 650 3768 -0.8 -6.0 68 5.2 -3.1 346 12 308.1 308.8 288.7 319.8 3.75 9 600 4403 -4.0 -11.8 54 7.8 -7.0 351 17 311.5 312.0 288.6 319.8 2.57 10 550 5085 -6.9 -25.1 22 18.1 -11.9 351 23 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.0 0.91 11 500 5824 -9.4 -46.2 3 36.8 -15.3 359 28 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.12 12 450 6630 -15.0 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 358 33 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 13 400 7508 -21.9 -41.0 16 19.2 -24.6 355 40 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.26 14 350 8476 -29.0 -47.6 15 18.6 -30.8 350 42 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9558 -37.8 -56.2 13 18.4 -38.8 346 46 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 16 250 10785 -48.5 -62.0 20 13.4 -48.9 335 43 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.04 17 200 12224 -55.6 -69.0 17 13.4 -55.8 323 59 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 14039 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 318 65 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16563 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 335 37 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.02 m Freezing level: 660.88 mb = 3638.20 m = 11936.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.11 mb = 3344.87 m = 10973.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.24 mb = 1682.90 m = 5521.26 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 19.68 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1922.27 m = 6306.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: 7.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 13.51 C K Index: 24.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.69 mb = 1708.48 m = 5605.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.69 mb = 2276.70 m = 7469.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.69 mb = 5509.84 m = 18076.68 ft B at Equ Level: 194.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.69 mb = 10503.57 m = 34460.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.3 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 12.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 18.21 m/s