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: 42.93,-91.84 Latitude: 42.93 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 976 338 23.5 22.6 94 0.9 22.9 119 15 298.7 302.0 296.8 351.0 17.94 2 950 577 22.5 21.6 95 0.9 21.9 126 30 300.0 303.2 296.8 351.0 17.39 3 900 1047 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 146 39 302.4 305.4 297.0 351.5 16.61 4 850 1541 18.3 18.2 99 0.1 18.2 170 40 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.1 15.63 5 800 2060 15.4 15.1 98 0.2 15.2 197 41 307.5 310.1 296.4 348.7 13.65 6 750 2607 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 220 42 310.2 312.4 295.7 345.7 11.64 7 700 3184 9.4 9.2 98 0.2 9.2 233 46 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.2 10.47 8 650 3796 5.5 5.3 98 0.2 5.4 243 49 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.2 8.62 9 600 4447 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.2 254 48 317.9 319.3 294.2 339.6 6.82 10 550 5143 -3.5 -5.7 85 2.2 -4.6 263 49 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.7 4.55 11 500 5888 -8.7 -11.6 79 2.9 -9.9 271 49 322.4 323.0 292.5 332.9 3.14 12 450 6696 -14.1 -16.8 79 2.8 -15.0 278 48 325.6 326.0 292.6 333.3 2.27 13 400 7582 -18.8 -21.2 82 2.3 -19.5 288 47 330.5 330.9 293.5 336.7 1.77 14 350 8565 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 300 47 335.5 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.17 15 300 9669 -32.5 -35.4 76 2.9 -33.0 312 48 339.5 339.7 294.8 341.9 0.63 16 250 10927 -43.0 -46.4 70 3.3 -43.3 321 49 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.24 17 200 12386 -55.8 -59.8 61 3.9 -55.9 329 49 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 14165 -63.5 -68.4 52 4.9 -63.6 314 25 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.03 19 100 16684 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 241 9 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.65 m Freezing level: 584.58 mb = 4661.46 m = 15293.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.62 mb = 4586.35 m = 15046.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.29 mb = 455.21 m = 1493.46 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 979.71 m = 3214.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 26.87 C K Index: 44.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1910.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.30 mb = 872.21 m = 2861.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.30 mb = 1814.29 m = 5952.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.30 mb = 13272.18 m = 43543.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1896.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 936.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 936.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 312.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.4 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.68 Bulk Rich Number: 4.40 Bulk Shear: 433.75 m/s