MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 113 SFC 975 332 19.9 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 97 11 295.2 297.7 293.0 334.9 13.83 2 950 555 18.8 17.3 91 1.5 17.8 110 22 296.2 298.6 292.9 334.3 13.22 3 900 1019 16.3 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 151 28 298.3 300.6 293.0 335.0 12.63 4 850 1505 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 169 28 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.3 11.98 5 800 2016 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 193 28 304.0 306.0 293.5 336.8 11.02 6 750 2555 9.2 9.1 99 0.1 9.2 214 27 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.9 9.72 7 700 3125 6.0 5.8 99 0.2 5.9 233 27 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.6 8.32 8 650 3729 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.1 246 26 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.6 6.69 9 600 4373 -0.9 -3.9 80 3.0 -2.3 261 27 315.1 316.0 291.8 330.4 4.80 10 550 5063 -4.9 -8.9 73 4.0 -6.6 270 29 318.3 319.0 291.7 329.8 3.54 11 500 5806 -9.6 -17.8 51 8.2 -12.3 274 28 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.89 12 450 6612 -14.9 -20.1 64 5.2 -16.5 277 24 324.5 324.8 291.8 330.4 1.72 13 400 7492 -20.8 -29.4 46 8.6 -22.6 282 25 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.84 14 350 8462 -28.0 -48.8 12 20.8 -30.0 281 29 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 15 300 9554 -34.9 -60.4 6 25.6 -36.3 282 45 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 16 250 10806 -42.3 -64.4 7 22.1 -43.2 280 77 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12281 -51.7 -70.0 9 18.2 -52.1 278 84 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14115 -57.9 -81.3 4 23.3 -58.2 286 57 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16618 -66.0 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 294 28 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.60 m Freezing level: 612.67 mb = 4209.89 m = 13811.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.44 mb = 4026.05 m = 13208.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.19 mb = 517.36 m = 1697.36 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1052.11 m = 3451.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.15 C = 73.67 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.45 mb = 910.44 m = 2986.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.45 mb = 3166.58 m = 10388.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.45 mb = 8329.73 m = 27328.18 ft B at Equ Level: 91.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.45 mb = 9871.13 m = 32385.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 474.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 474.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 209.86 m/s