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: 41.96,-93.49 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 983 300 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.6 298 3 295.6 298.2 293.4 336.4 14.20 2 950 597 18.2 17.0 93 1.2 17.4 271 3 295.7 298.0 292.5 332.9 12.94 3 900 1060 16.2 13.1 81 3.2 14.2 269 6 298.2 300.2 291.4 329.0 10.55 4 850 1544 12.6 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 197 7 299.3 301.1 291.1 327.8 9.74 5 800 2050 8.9 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 173 10 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.0 8.61 6 750 2582 5.9 4.9 93 1.0 5.4 154 14 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.7 7.25 7 700 3144 2.9 1.3 89 1.6 2.0 154 12 305.6 306.8 289.9 323.9 6.01 8 650 3741 0.2 -2.8 80 3.0 -1.3 118 8 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.0 4.78 9 600 4380 -2.1 -9.3 58 7.2 -5.1 124 5 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.8 3.15 10 550 5067 -6.7 -14.7 53 8.0 -9.6 273 2 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.5 2.23 11 500 5803 -11.9 -13.9 85 2.0 -12.6 293 3 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.2 2.62 12 450 6605 -15.3 -17.2 85 1.9 -15.9 259 8 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.5 2.21 13 400 7486 -20.5 -22.7 83 2.1 -21.1 269 19 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.7 1.55 14 350 8459 -27.7 -30.3 78 2.7 -28.2 265 24 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.88 15 300 9548 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.0 -36.7 268 31 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.42 16 250 10784 -47.5 -50.9 68 3.4 -47.7 285 41 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.14 17 200 12227 -53.3 -67.6 16 14.3 -53.6 291 79 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14063 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 312 60 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16587 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 307 31 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.64 m Freezing level: 646.28 mb = 3788.95 m = 12430.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.34 mb = 3505.20 m = 11499.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.37 mb = 557.39 m = 1828.70 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1249.13 m = 4098.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.08 C = 75.35 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.46 mb = 1017.29 m = 3337.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.46 mb = 1548.91 m = 5081.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.46 mb = 6446.37 m = 21149.25 ft B at Equ Level: 228.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.46 mb = 9560.10 m = 31364.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.0 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 199.0 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -25.0 tot: -25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.38 Bulk Shear: 9.03 m/s