MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 41.14,-95.88 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -95.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 977 331 19.5 16.1 81 3.3 17.2 120 6 294.5 296.7 291.3 328.5 11.86 2 950 575 19.6 16.6 83 3.0 17.6 157 14 297.1 299.3 292.7 333.5 12.62 3 900 1039 16.7 12.8 78 3.9 14.2 169 19 298.7 300.6 291.4 329.0 10.36 4 850 1523 13.1 10.1 82 3.0 11.2 171 21 299.8 301.5 290.7 326.7 9.14 5 800 2031 10.8 8.5 86 2.3 9.4 172 22 302.6 304.2 291.3 328.7 8.74 6 750 2567 8.5 2.4 65 6.1 5.2 188 20 305.8 306.9 290.0 324.2 6.05 7 700 3135 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 218 22 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.12 8 650 3739 2.4 2.2 99 0.2 2.3 232 24 311.6 313.0 292.6 333.1 6.92 9 600 4382 -1.4 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 250 24 314.5 315.6 292.2 332.0 5.52 10 550 5072 -4.8 -9.1 72 4.3 -6.7 268 28 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.8 3.49 11 500 5815 -9.4 -17.9 50 8.6 -12.2 277 28 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.9 1.86 12 450 6622 -14.0 -28.5 28 14.5 -17.5 289 24 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.5 0.81 13 400 7506 -19.5 -34.0 26 14.5 -22.2 296 25 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.7 0.54 14 350 8483 -26.8 -36.7 38 10.0 -28.3 295 23 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.47 15 300 9576 -34.7 -52.4 15 17.7 -36.0 292 36 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.9 0.10 16 250 10826 -43.0 -64.3 8 21.3 -43.8 294 63 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12297 -52.3 -70.6 9 18.3 -52.7 293 84 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14110 -61.6 -77.7 10 16.1 -61.7 299 70 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16616 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 305 24 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.17 m Freezing level: 618.59 mb = 4143.18 m = 13592.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.23 mb = 4102.93 m = 13460.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.14 mb = 755.86 m = 2479.83 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1485.98 m = 4875.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.64 C = 76.36 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6232.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.01 mb = 1219.28 m = 4000.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 66.73 m/s