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: 42.92,-92.04 Latitude: 42.92 Longitude: -92.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 976 341 24.5 23.2 92 1.3 23.5 138 9 299.7 303.1 297.5 354.1 18.61 2 950 581 24.0 22.0 88 2.1 22.5 152 21 301.5 304.8 297.4 353.8 17.73 3 900 1053 21.2 20.2 94 0.9 20.5 166 32 303.3 306.4 297.3 353.2 16.81 4 850 1547 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 191 35 305.1 307.9 296.8 350.7 15.25 5 800 2066 15.5 14.8 95 0.8 15.0 218 39 307.7 310.2 296.2 348.0 13.33 6 750 2612 12.2 11.5 95 0.8 11.7 242 42 309.9 312.0 295.4 344.7 11.43 7 700 3189 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 250 47 312.8 314.8 295.6 345.2 10.49 8 650 3800 5.2 4.7 97 0.4 4.9 259 49 314.8 316.4 294.5 340.8 8.30 9 600 4451 1.7 -0.8 84 2.5 0.4 272 49 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.4 6.04 10 550 5146 -3.5 -11.2 55 7.8 -6.7 278 48 320.0 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.95 11 500 5892 -8.1 -16.6 50 8.5 -11.1 287 46 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.3 2.09 12 450 6702 -13.4 -21.6 50 8.3 -15.8 292 47 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.7 1.51 13 400 7588 -19.2 -24.3 64 5.1 -20.5 298 45 330.0 330.3 293.0 334.7 1.33 14 350 8567 -26.0 -29.4 73 3.4 -26.7 308 42 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.2 0.96 15 300 9664 -34.1 -37.4 72 3.3 -34.6 318 39 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.51 16 250 10914 -44.0 -47.6 68 3.6 -44.3 329 36 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12369 -56.5 -60.5 60 4.1 -56.6 345 34 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14151 -62.1 -69.5 37 7.3 -62.3 312 22 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.02 19 100 16667 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 245 9 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.38 m Freezing level: 583.41 mb = 4681.62 m = 15359.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.36 mb = 4486.11 m = 14718.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.45 mb = 502.82 m = 1649.65 ft T: 24.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 9.38 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1157.02 m = 3795.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 43.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 538.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2520.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.54 mb = 980.24 m = 3215.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.54 mb = 1321.13 m = 4334.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.54 mb = 13283.55 m = 43580.68 ft B at Equ Level: 2518.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 796.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 796.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 265.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.59 Bulk Rich Number: 7.88 Bulk Shear: 319.90 m/s