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: 41.16,-95.96 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -95.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 333 19.5 18.5 94 1.0 18.9 99 11 294.8 297.3 293.0 334.7 13.92 2 950 555 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 109 21 295.6 298.0 292.7 333.8 13.29 3 900 1018 16.1 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 152 28 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.1 12.76 4 850 1504 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 171 29 301.2 303.5 293.6 337.0 12.15 5 800 2015 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 193 29 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.9 11.27 6 750 2555 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 212 28 306.6 308.5 293.3 336.1 9.76 7 700 3125 6.0 5.8 99 0.2 5.9 232 27 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.5 8.31 8 650 3729 2.6 1.6 93 1.0 2.0 245 25 311.9 313.2 292.4 332.5 6.61 9 600 4373 -0.9 -4.2 78 3.4 -2.5 261 27 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.66 10 550 5063 -4.8 -9.2 72 4.3 -6.7 269 29 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.7 3.47 11 500 5806 -9.5 -17.6 52 8.0 -12.2 274 28 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.0 1.93 12 450 6612 -14.9 -20.0 65 5.1 -16.4 277 24 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.73 13 400 7492 -20.8 -29.3 46 8.5 -22.6 282 24 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.1 0.85 14 350 8462 -28.1 -48.5 12 20.4 -30.1 281 28 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 15 300 9553 -34.9 -60.4 6 25.5 -36.3 282 44 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.04 16 250 10806 -42.4 -64.3 7 21.9 -43.2 280 77 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12281 -51.6 -69.8 10 18.1 -52.0 278 83 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14115 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 286 57 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16618 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 294 27 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.76 m Freezing level: 612.51 mb = 4211.76 m = 13817.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.70 mb = 4009.72 m = 13155.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.74 mb = 457.91 m = 1502.32 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 932.53 m = 3059.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.30 C = 72.15 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.55 mb = 852.16 m = 2795.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.55 mb = 3212.07 m = 10538.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.55 mb = 8409.56 m = 27590.08 ft B at Equ Level: 83.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.55 mb = 9725.91 m = 31908.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 477.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 477.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 206.83 m/s