MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 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 112 SFC 975 331 18.1 17.7 98 0.4 17.9 91 11 293.4 295.8 292.0 331.0 13.21 2 950 552 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 16.9 101 23 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.1 12.81 3 900 1014 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.7 151 25 298.8 301.2 293.8 337.8 13.39 4 850 1501 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 193 26 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.40 5 800 2013 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.8 202 28 303.9 305.9 293.4 336.4 10.92 6 750 2552 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 205 28 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.2 9.57 7 700 3121 5.8 5.2 96 0.5 5.5 213 25 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.3 7.97 8 650 3725 2.6 1.4 92 1.2 1.9 227 20 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.2 6.51 9 600 4369 -0.7 -3.9 79 3.2 -2.3 254 19 315.3 316.2 291.9 330.5 4.78 10 550 5060 -4.6 -9.9 66 5.4 -6.8 271 24 318.6 319.3 291.5 329.3 3.27 11 500 5803 -9.1 -19.6 42 10.5 -12.5 280 27 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.5 1.62 12 450 6610 -14.7 -23.9 46 9.1 -17.2 285 24 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.24 13 400 7490 -21.1 -29.7 46 8.6 -22.9 285 21 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.5 0.81 14 350 8460 -28.4 -51.0 10 22.6 -30.4 289 21 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.10 15 300 9548 -36.0 -57.4 9 21.4 -37.2 291 25 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 16 250 10793 -42.8 -66.3 6 23.5 -43.6 278 61 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 17 200 12269 -51.7 -69.9 10 18.2 -52.1 275 78 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14104 -57.6 -79.6 4 22.0 -57.9 285 55 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16613 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 314 24 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.90 m Freezing level: 611.04 mb = 4226.99 m = 13867.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.23 mb = 4012.05 m = 13162.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.61 mb = 377.06 m = 1237.07 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.70 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.36 mb = 485.86 m = 1593.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.83 C = 65.89 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.77 mb = 809.84 m = 2656.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.77 mb = 2925.89 m = 9599.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 546.77 mb = 5105.66 m = 16750.66 ft B at Equ Level: 38.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.77 mb = 10098.20 m = 33130.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 403.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 192.38 m/s