MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 116 SFC 975 331 15.2 14.5 96 0.7 14.8 38 16 290.5 292.4 288.9 320.7 10.73 2 950 551 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 47 31 291.2 293.0 288.9 320.7 10.43 3 900 1007 13.1 13.0 100 0.1 13.0 77 29 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.2 10.52 4 850 1489 12.9 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 114 7 299.7 301.7 292.1 331.5 10.86 5 800 1997 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 235 11 302.6 304.4 291.7 330.2 9.29 6 750 2534 8.4 7.0 91 1.4 7.5 209 20 305.7 307.2 292.0 331.0 8.40 7 700 3102 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 216 19 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.5 6.81 8 650 3705 2.3 0.5 88 1.8 1.3 238 16 311.6 312.7 291.9 330.6 6.10 9 600 4349 -1.0 -3.4 84 2.4 -2.1 250 17 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.8 4.98 10 550 5039 -4.3 -10.7 61 6.4 -7.0 259 17 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.0 3.07 11 500 5784 -8.7 -22.5 32 13.8 -12.8 263 20 322.4 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.25 12 450 6591 -14.5 -24.9 41 10.4 -17.2 269 18 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.0 1.13 13 400 7471 -21.1 -36.4 24 15.3 -23.7 271 15 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.42 14 350 8441 -28.7 -42.4 26 13.7 -30.3 259 10 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.26 15 300 9528 -36.7 -42.0 58 5.3 -37.2 139 4 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.8 0.32 16 250 10762 -46.3 -55.8 33 9.5 -46.7 291 6 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12226 -50.6 -71.8 6 21.2 -51.0 276 48 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14075 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.8 283 46 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16606 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 303 17 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.99 m Freezing level: 614.85 mb = 4157.58 m = 13640.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.07 mb = 3942.84 m = 12935.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.58 mb = 413.00 m = 1354.96 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 1.49 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.56 mb = 536.94 m = 1761.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.90 C = 60.61 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.33 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8993.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.53 mb = 807.31 m = 2648.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.3 neg: -7.5 tot: 338.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 269.25 m/s