MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.18,-94.39 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -94.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 973 344 32.9 24.1 60 8.8 26.3 182 13 308.4 312.1 300.3 368.5 19.79 2 950 560 30.4 21.7 60 8.7 24.0 184 18 308.0 311.3 298.9 361.0 17.51 3 900 1042 25.7 20.5 73 5.2 21.9 188 21 308.0 311.2 298.7 359.7 17.08 4 850 1543 22.3 15.4 65 6.9 17.6 210 26 309.6 312.0 296.5 349.4 13.10 5 800 2069 20.3 11.0 55 9.3 14.2 228 32 312.8 314.8 295.4 344.8 10.35 6 750 2624 16.9 10.7 67 6.2 12.8 249 28 314.9 317.0 296.3 348.7 10.84 7 700 3209 13.3 -6.6 24 19.9 3.6 304 16 317.3 317.9 291.2 328.1 3.33 8 650 3825 8.1 -8.0 31 16.1 0.6 316 18 318.1 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.21 9 600 4479 2.6 -13.4 29 16.1 -3.9 323 24 319.1 319.6 290.7 326.7 2.26 10 550 5174 -3.3 -17.4 33 14.1 -8.3 321 26 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.2 1.78 11 500 5919 -8.7 -28.6 18 19.9 -13.7 317 23 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.72 12 450 6728 -13.9 -36.3 13 22.4 -18.2 310 22 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.38 13 400 7609 -20.7 -42.3 13 21.6 -23.8 300 23 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 14 350 8583 -27.1 -51.2 8 24.1 -29.4 278 20 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 15 300 9675 -35.6 -58.6 8 23.0 -36.8 258 20 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.05 16 250 10918 -45.1 -59.5 18 14.4 -45.7 242 20 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12369 -55.8 -61.4 50 5.5 -55.9 170 17 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 18 150 14150 -63.4 -74.6 21 11.2 -63.5 305 22 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16661 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 286 8 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.67 m Freezing level: 577.86 mb = 4786.53 m = 15703.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.24 mb = 3910.57 m = 12829.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.00 % Est. max temperature: 35.71 C = 96.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.07 mb = 1459.87 m = 4789.55 ft T: 22.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 23.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.21 mb = 2440.13 m = 8005.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.66 C = 101.59 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -9.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.11 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 26.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3837.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.09 mb = 1706.86 m = 5599.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.09 mb = 3219.58 m = 10562.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.09 mb = 14187.37 m = 46545.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3814.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 300.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.25 Bulk Rich Number: 32.33 Bulk Shear: 118.69 m/s