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: 42.91,-91.94 Latitude: 42.91 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 341 24.1 22.9 93 1.2 23.2 131 12 299.3 302.6 297.2 352.6 18.26 2 950 579 23.1 21.9 93 1.2 22.2 139 26 300.7 303.9 297.2 352.6 17.67 3 900 1051 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.4 156 36 302.8 305.9 297.2 352.6 16.83 4 850 1545 18.3 18.1 99 0.1 18.2 180 38 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.0 15.60 5 800 2063 15.5 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 207 41 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.3 13.77 6 750 2611 12.4 11.7 96 0.7 12.0 231 43 310.1 312.3 295.6 345.6 11.64 7 700 3188 9.4 9.2 99 0.2 9.3 242 48 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.4 10.53 8 650 3799 5.4 5.0 98 0.3 5.2 252 50 315.0 316.6 294.7 341.5 8.47 9 600 4450 1.6 0.1 90 1.4 0.8 263 50 317.9 319.2 293.9 338.5 6.45 10 550 5145 -3.6 -8.3 70 4.7 -5.7 271 50 319.8 320.5 292.3 332.0 3.72 11 500 5891 -8.4 -14.2 63 5.8 -10.6 279 49 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.4 2.56 12 450 6699 -13.9 -19.1 65 5.1 -15.6 285 48 325.7 326.1 292.3 332.2 1.88 13 400 7584 -19.2 -22.6 74 3.4 -20.1 293 47 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.6 1.56 14 350 8565 -25.4 -28.4 76 2.9 -26.1 304 45 334.4 334.7 293.9 338.3 1.05 15 300 9665 -33.4 -36.5 74 3.1 -33.8 315 44 338.3 338.5 294.4 340.5 0.56 16 250 10918 -43.6 -47.1 68 3.5 -43.9 326 43 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.22 17 200 12375 -56.2 -60.2 61 4.0 -56.3 338 42 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14157 -62.5 -68.2 46 5.7 -62.6 313 23 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.03 19 100 16674 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 243 9 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.54 m Freezing level: 584.92 mb = 4659.47 m = 15286.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.94 mb = 4530.94 m = 14865.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.36 mb = 493.24 m = 1618.22 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 21.21 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1043.09 m = 3422.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 26.52 C K Index: 44.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 575.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2288.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.86 mb = 907.88 m = 2978.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.86 mb = 1546.27 m = 5073.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.86 mb = 13386.77 m = 43919.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2269.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 899.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 899.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 299.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.93 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 387.59 m/s