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: 41.18,-96.22 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -96.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 975 349 19.2 16.6 85 2.6 17.5 123 7 294.5 296.7 291.6 329.6 12.29 2 950 570 19.3 17.0 86 2.3 17.7 160 16 296.7 299.1 292.8 334.0 12.89 3 900 1034 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.9 170 20 298.5 300.5 292.0 331.2 11.23 4 850 1519 13.3 9.4 77 3.9 10.9 174 21 300.1 301.7 290.5 325.7 8.72 5 800 2027 10.8 8.9 88 1.9 9.7 178 23 302.7 304.3 291.6 329.5 9.01 6 750 2564 8.9 7.9 94 1.0 8.3 199 21 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.97 7 700 3134 5.7 5.5 99 0.2 5.6 227 23 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.15 8 650 3737 2.1 1.6 97 0.5 1.8 239 23 311.3 312.6 292.2 331.9 6.64 9 600 4380 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.8 254 25 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.7 5.38 10 550 5071 -4.5 -7.9 77 3.4 -6.0 267 29 318.7 319.5 292.0 331.3 3.85 11 500 5814 -9.2 -13.7 70 4.5 -10.9 278 27 321.8 322.4 291.9 330.7 2.65 12 450 6622 -13.8 -28.7 27 14.8 -17.4 288 24 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.7 0.80 13 400 7507 -19.5 -29.7 40 10.2 -21.7 290 25 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.7 0.82 14 350 8483 -27.1 -34.4 50 7.3 -28.3 280 19 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.3 0.59 15 300 9577 -34.3 -54.2 11 20.0 -35.7 290 40 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 16 250 10829 -42.8 -64.2 8 21.5 -43.5 293 64 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12301 -52.1 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.5 292 82 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14115 -61.7 -77.8 10 16.1 -61.9 297 68 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16618 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 304 22 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.37 m Freezing level: 618.48 mb = 4142.28 m = 13589.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.73 mb = 4055.49 m = 13305.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.71 mb = 672.84 m = 2207.45 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1396.85 m = 4582.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 4.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5981.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.25 mb = 1126.59 m = 3696.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 75.19 m/s