MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 40.5,-91.5 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -91.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 993 189 19.3 18.9 98 0.4 19.0 343 4 293.1 295.5 292.4 332.7 13.96 2 950 570 22.1 17.0 73 5.1 18.7 17 14 299.6 302.0 293.7 337.4 12.95 3 900 1038 19.0 14.4 75 4.6 16.0 343 10 301.1 303.2 293.1 335.2 11.57 4 850 1527 16.2 8.6 61 7.6 11.6 321 11 303.1 304.6 291.1 327.8 8.29 5 800 2041 14.3 4.1 50 10.1 8.5 288 13 306.3 307.5 290.6 325.9 6.43 6 750 2582 10.2 3.0 61 7.2 6.2 262 16 307.7 308.9 290.9 327.1 6.35 7 700 3152 5.9 -1.2 60 7.1 2.3 261 18 309.0 310.0 290.2 324.6 5.01 8 650 3756 4.9 -21.2 13 26.1 -3.8 275 19 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.2 1.08 9 600 4406 3.2 -34.3 4 37.5 -6.4 297 16 319.9 319.9 289.1 321.1 0.35 10 550 5105 -1.5 -19.4 24 17.9 -7.7 307 17 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.4 1.49 11 500 5856 -5.9 -19.9 32 13.9 -10.6 313 17 325.8 326.1 292.1 331.3 1.58 12 450 6671 -12.1 -25.1 33 13.0 -15.7 330 14 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.9 1.10 13 400 7559 -19.0 -31.7 32 12.7 -21.6 332 9 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.67 14 350 8536 -27.1 -39.9 29 12.7 -28.9 262 3 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.5 0.34 15 300 9628 -35.7 -49.0 24 13.4 -36.7 215 7 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.15 16 250 10867 -45.9 -54.2 39 8.3 -46.3 235 9 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 17 200 12324 -53.5 -66.7 18 13.2 -53.8 257 29 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14122 -62.4 -73.1 23 10.7 -62.6 250 28 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16637 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 263 18 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.53 m Freezing level: 565.99 mb = 4881.22 m = 16014.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.27 mb = 3372.79 m = 11065.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.08 mb = 237.90 m = 780.49 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.19 mb = 2081.18 m = 6827.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.76 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.55 C K Index: 23.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.47 mb = 1148.65 m = 3768.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.47 mb = 3110.81 m = 10205.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.47 mb = 3346.43 m = 10978.97 ft B at Equ Level: 31.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 633.47 mb = 3965.00 m = 13008.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -22.7 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 31.69 m/s