MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 106 SFC 974 331 16.2 15.8 98 0.3 16.0 71 13 291.5 293.6 290.2 324.6 11.69 2 950 543 15.1 14.9 99 0.2 15.0 85 24 292.5 294.6 290.2 324.6 11.29 3 900 1003 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 133 28 298.0 300.4 293.1 335.1 12.76 4 850 1490 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 190 29 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.7 12.73 5 800 2003 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.5 202 29 304.5 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.41 6 750 2543 9.8 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 212 26 307.2 309.0 293.7 337.6 10.07 7 700 3114 6.6 6.5 99 0.2 6.5 217 25 309.8 311.5 293.4 336.5 8.70 8 650 3720 3.1 2.8 98 0.3 2.9 221 25 312.4 313.8 293.0 334.9 7.21 9 600 4365 -0.8 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.0 222 20 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.6 5.82 10 550 5056 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -5.0 229 16 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.6 4.64 11 500 5800 -9.0 -10.0 92 1.0 -9.4 250 13 322.1 322.8 292.8 333.9 3.58 12 450 6608 -14.1 -14.7 96 0.5 -14.3 280 13 325.5 326.0 293.0 334.7 2.73 13 400 7492 -20.0 -20.5 96 0.5 -20.1 300 15 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.5 1.87 14 350 8467 -28.3 -31.4 74 3.2 -28.8 301 17 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.5 0.79 15 300 9552 -37.5 -48.2 32 10.7 -38.3 311 8 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 16 250 10784 -45.7 -62.3 14 16.6 -46.2 282 27 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12251 -50.8 -69.9 9 19.1 -51.2 276 60 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14098 -56.2 -81.8 3 25.6 -56.5 285 53 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16618 -63.6 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 312 19 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.13 m Freezing level: 610.69 mb = 4227.04 m = 13868.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.18 mb = 4189.84 m = 13746.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.48 mb = 370.37 m = 1215.12 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.13 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 973.99 mb = 330.85 m = 1085.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.38 C = 61.48 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6797.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.71 mb = 809.54 m = 2655.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 500.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 500.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 181.82 m/s