MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 40.4,-91.4 Latitude: 40.40 Longitude: -91.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 994 185 17.4 17.1 99 0.2 17.2 354 2 291.0 293.2 290.6 326.2 12.47 2 950 577 22.0 13.8 60 8.1 16.7 64 6 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.3 10.52 3 900 1044 17.8 14.2 79 3.7 15.4 108 3 299.9 302.0 292.6 333.2 11.36 4 850 1531 14.0 12.1 88 1.9 12.8 202 4 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.6 10.47 5 800 2040 10.6 5.4 70 5.2 7.6 232 5 302.4 303.7 289.8 323.4 7.03 6 750 2578 11.7 -20.3 9 32.0 0.5 300 5 309.3 309.5 286.3 312.7 1.01 7 700 3152 9.7 -12.1 20 21.8 0.5 311 4 313.3 313.7 288.8 320.3 2.16 8 650 3762 6.2 -9.2 32 15.4 -0.6 293 4 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.6 2.94 9 600 4414 3.5 -16.0 22 19.5 -4.0 300 6 320.1 320.5 290.6 326.3 1.83 10 550 5114 -1.0 -24.6 15 23.6 -8.2 285 13 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.3 0.95 11 500 5864 -7.0 -33.1 10 26.1 -13.1 281 18 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.47 12 450 6674 -13.8 -30.3 23 16.5 -17.6 286 18 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.4 0.69 13 400 7558 -19.4 -35.7 22 16.2 -22.4 295 18 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.5 0.46 14 350 8536 -26.6 -45.7 15 19.1 -28.8 290 21 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.18 15 300 9626 -36.8 -51.3 21 14.5 -37.8 286 24 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 16 250 10858 -46.3 -59.4 21 13.0 -46.8 292 23 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12319 -52.7 -70.5 10 17.9 -53.0 282 19 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14140 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.5 287 15 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16641 -63.5 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 297 14 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.66 m Freezing level: 561.16 mb = 4957.47 m = 16264.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3431.03 m = 11256.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.93 mb = 211.14 m = 692.70 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.48 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1715.88 m = 5629.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.89 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.27 C Showalter Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 11.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 171.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6253.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.65 mb = 1277.54 m = 4191.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 14.93 m/s