MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-91.62 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 992 224 25.2 20.0 73 5.2 21.5 24 2 299.0 301.7 295.0 342.6 14.97 2 950 606 23.1 15.3 62 7.8 17.9 7 5 300.6 302.8 293.0 334.8 11.62 3 900 1074 18.6 13.2 71 5.4 15.1 5 5 300.7 302.6 292.3 332.1 10.67 4 850 1561 14.0 11.3 84 2.7 12.3 1 5 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.1 9.95 5 800 2069 10.0 6.0 76 4.0 7.7 349 8 301.8 303.2 289.9 323.7 7.36 6 750 2603 7.1 1.3 67 5.8 4.1 342 9 304.3 305.3 289.2 321.4 5.62 7 700 3166 3.0 -0.7 77 3.7 1.1 338 9 305.8 306.7 289.2 321.6 5.18 8 650 3763 0.5 -11.6 40 12.0 -4.3 339 11 309.5 309.9 287.8 317.3 2.42 9 600 4402 -1.7 -19.3 25 17.6 -7.5 347 13 314.2 314.5 288.3 318.8 1.39 10 550 5091 -3.8 -33.8 8 30.0 -10.8 342 20 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.1 0.40 11 500 5837 -8.3 -36.7 8 28.3 -14.2 337 22 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.33 12 450 6644 -14.4 -41.5 8 27.1 -18.8 334 26 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.22 13 400 7524 -21.3 -45.0 10 23.6 -24.4 334 30 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8492 -29.0 -49.5 12 20.5 -30.9 333 29 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.12 15 300 9577 -37.3 -57.1 11 19.8 -38.3 330 31 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 16 250 10808 -47.8 -60.6 22 12.7 -48.3 317 31 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12241 -57.8 -66.1 34 8.3 -58.0 318 44 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 18 150 14051 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 318 56 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16571 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 324 33 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.39 m Freezing level: 639.06 mb = 3903.26 m = 12805.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.49 mb = 3288.17 m = 10787.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.02 mb = 883.44 m = 2898.40 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.27 mb = 1548.24 m = 5079.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 29.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 351.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.72 mb = 1483.93 m = 4868.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.72 mb = 1633.05 m = 5357.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 552.72 mb = 5051.89 m = 16574.23 ft B at Equ Level: 221.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.72 mb = 12809.61 m = 42025.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 13.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 36.01 Bulk Shear: 9.76 m/s