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: 42.71,-91.98 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -91.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 978 329 27.0 22.8 78 4.2 23.9 143 13 302.1 305.4 297.8 355.7 18.13 2 950 582 25.6 21.5 78 4.1 22.6 150 26 303.1 306.3 297.5 354.1 17.19 3 900 1056 21.6 20.1 92 1.4 20.6 171 32 303.8 306.8 297.4 353.5 16.73 4 850 1551 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 190 34 305.0 307.9 296.7 350.5 15.21 5 800 2071 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 224 35 308.9 311.6 297.4 353.6 14.76 6 750 2618 13.4 5.8 60 7.6 8.9 238 36 311.1 312.6 293.0 335.0 7.72 7 700 3196 9.6 8.7 94 0.9 9.0 246 41 313.1 315.0 295.4 344.5 10.16 8 650 3807 4.9 2.9 87 2.0 3.8 258 39 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.4 7.30 9 600 4457 1.6 -9.5 43 11.1 -3.3 268 39 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.0 3.09 10 550 5151 -3.6 -18.8 30 15.2 -8.8 272 39 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.2 1.57 11 500 5895 -8.2 -26.1 22 17.9 -13.1 285 37 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.91 12 450 6706 -12.9 -33.3 16 20.4 -17.3 289 38 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.51 13 400 7592 -18.8 -34.6 24 15.8 -21.8 289 39 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.4 0.51 14 350 8571 -26.7 -33.6 52 6.9 -27.9 292 35 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.64 15 300 9664 -34.8 -38.8 67 4.0 -35.3 303 31 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.44 16 250 10913 -44.0 -47.6 68 3.5 -44.3 319 27 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12367 -56.5 -60.6 60 4.1 -56.6 339 30 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 18 150 14146 -63.1 -74.4 20 11.4 -63.1 301 23 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16661 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 244 8 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.21 m Freezing level: 584.93 mb = 4665.79 m = 15307.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.41 mb = 4146.01 m = 13602.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.17 mb = 861.94 m = 2827.84 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.83 mb = 1272.11 m = 4173.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 43.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2628.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.33 mb = 1149.84 m = 3772.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.33 mb = 1396.26 m = 4580.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.33 mb = 2013.65 m = 6606.39 ft B at Equ Level: 12.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 589.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 589.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 196.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.55 Bulk Rich Number: 10.21 Bulk Shear: 257.37 m/s