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: 42.42,-91.66 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -91.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 982 303 27.2 22.8 77 4.4 24.0 134 13 302.0 305.3 297.8 355.5 18.12 2 950 591 25.7 21.2 76 4.5 22.5 146 24 303.3 306.4 297.4 353.6 16.97 3 900 1066 21.4 19.9 91 1.6 20.4 162 27 303.6 306.7 297.2 352.5 16.45 4 850 1560 18.2 18.0 99 0.2 18.1 186 27 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.6 15.50 5 800 2078 16.9 3.3 40 13.6 9.2 224 28 309.2 310.3 291.1 327.9 6.06 6 750 2626 14.4 -1.7 33 16.1 6.0 232 30 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.4 4.51 7 700 3204 9.7 6.7 82 3.0 7.9 242 32 313.2 314.9 294.4 340.6 8.83 8 650 3815 5.2 3.2 87 2.1 4.0 254 32 314.9 316.3 293.9 338.1 7.41 9 600 4464 1.1 -7.6 52 8.8 -2.9 264 30 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.1 3.59 10 550 5158 -3.9 -16.4 37 12.4 -8.4 267 34 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.9 1.93 11 500 5901 -9.1 -29.6 17 20.5 -14.0 276 32 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.3 0.66 12 450 6710 -13.2 -40.0 9 26.8 -18.0 281 31 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.26 13 400 7596 -19.1 -39.8 14 20.7 -22.4 282 33 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 14 350 8573 -27.0 -36.0 42 9.0 -28.4 282 33 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.2 0.50 15 300 9667 -35.1 -38.5 71 3.4 -35.5 295 28 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.6 0.46 16 250 10915 -44.0 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.2 315 22 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12369 -56.3 -60.4 60 4.1 -56.4 334 34 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14145 -63.1 -74.3 21 11.2 -63.3 308 21 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16661 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 242 8 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.99 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4617.62 m = 15149.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.80 mb = 4188.00 m = 13739.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.00 mb = 863.34 m = 2832.46 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 29.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1307.27 m = 4288.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 27.10 C K Index: 42.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 560.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2585.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.58 mb = 1166.30 m = 3826.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.58 mb = 1513.42 m = 4965.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.58 mb = 1819.56 m = 5969.62 ft B at Equ Level: 7.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 764.58 mb = 2462.43 m = 8078.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 403.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.86 Bulk Rich Number: 13.57 Bulk Shear: 190.52 m/s