MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 127 SFC 977 332 20.8 16.9 78 3.9 18.2 105 7 295.9 298.2 292.2 331.9 12.48 2 950 570 19.2 15.8 80 3.5 17.0 123 15 296.7 298.8 292.0 331.1 11.93 3 900 1033 15.9 14.6 92 1.3 15.1 160 21 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.8 11.69 4 850 1517 13.1 13.0 99 0.2 13.0 183 21 299.9 302.0 292.4 332.5 11.13 5 800 2026 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 190 23 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.1 9.97 6 750 2562 8.3 7.9 97 0.4 8.1 197 23 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.97 7 700 3131 6.2 6.1 99 0.2 6.1 221 26 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.2 8.45 8 650 3736 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.7 236 29 312.1 313.5 292.8 334.1 7.08 9 600 4380 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.3 253 29 314.8 315.9 292.5 332.9 5.74 10 550 5070 -5.2 -7.0 87 1.8 -6.0 267 29 317.9 318.7 292.0 331.2 4.12 11 500 5812 -9.6 -16.7 56 7.0 -12.1 271 27 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.07 12 450 6619 -14.3 -21.1 56 6.8 -16.3 273 24 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.8 1.58 13 400 7501 -20.3 -33.4 30 13.0 -22.8 275 21 328.5 328.7 291.9 330.7 0.57 14 350 8475 -27.2 -56.2 5 28.9 -29.6 275 27 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.05 15 300 9570 -34.1 -63.4 4 29.4 -35.6 286 45 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.03 16 250 10822 -42.7 -63.2 9 20.4 -43.5 287 69 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12295 -51.9 -72.5 7 20.6 -52.3 285 78 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14114 -60.2 -79.5 6 19.3 -60.4 293 62 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16618 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 291 27 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.36 m Freezing level: 614.76 mb = 4190.17 m = 13747.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4159.83 m = 13647.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.06 mb = 825.25 m = 2707.48 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1309.22 m = 4295.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5728.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.64 mb = 1092.70 m = 3584.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 284.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 126.00 m/s