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: 41.54,-91.62 Latitude: 41.54 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 994 220 28.7 16.9 49 11.7 20.6 304 3 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.8 12.31 2 950 614 22.2 13.7 59 8.5 16.7 319 4 299.7 301.6 291.7 330.2 10.41 3 900 1080 17.7 12.2 70 5.5 14.2 318 5 299.7 301.5 291.4 328.9 9.94 4 850 1566 14.2 4.4 52 9.8 8.8 326 9 301.1 302.2 288.6 319.5 6.19 5 800 2074 10.6 4.3 65 6.3 7.1 320 10 302.4 303.6 289.3 321.9 6.50 6 750 2608 6.9 2.9 76 4.0 4.7 321 12 304.0 305.2 289.7 323.1 6.30 7 700 3172 2.9 -0.7 77 3.7 1.1 325 13 305.7 306.7 289.2 321.6 5.18 8 650 3768 -0.8 -5.7 69 4.9 -3.0 346 12 308.1 308.8 288.8 320.1 3.85 9 600 4403 -4.0 -11.4 56 7.4 -6.9 350 17 311.5 312.0 288.8 320.0 2.65 10 550 5085 -6.9 -25.6 21 18.7 -11.9 351 23 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.9 0.86 11 500 5824 -9.5 -45.1 4 35.6 -15.3 359 29 321.5 321.5 289.3 322.0 0.14 12 450 6630 -15.0 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 358 33 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.21 13 400 7507 -21.9 -41.0 16 19.1 -24.6 355 40 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.26 14 350 8475 -29.1 -47.6 15 18.5 -30.9 350 42 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9558 -37.9 -56.2 13 18.4 -38.8 346 46 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.06 16 250 10785 -48.6 -61.8 20 13.2 -49.0 336 43 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12223 -55.6 -69.0 17 13.4 -55.8 324 58 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14037 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 319 64 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16562 -60.7 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 336 38 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.13 m Freezing level: 660.46 mb = 3643.12 m = 11952.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.71 mb = 3325.79 m = 10911.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.71 mb = 1687.92 m = 5537.72 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.68 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1921.99 m = 6305.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: 7.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.91 C K Index: 24.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.57 mb = 1709.43 m = 5608.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.57 mb = 2277.72 m = 7472.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.57 mb = 5511.57 m = 18082.36 ft B at Equ Level: 188.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.57 mb = 10506.05 m = 34468.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 13.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.71 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s