MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.37,-92 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -92.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 988 236 29.0 23.4 72 5.7 24.9 146 9 303.2 306.7 298.4 358.5 18.61 2 950 584 27.7 20.4 64 7.3 22.4 164 22 305.3 308.3 297.3 353.3 16.05 3 900 1061 23.2 19.1 78 4.1 20.3 176 23 305.5 308.4 297.1 352.4 15.68 4 850 1557 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 184 24 306.0 309.0 297.5 354.0 15.98 5 800 2079 19.1 -2.4 23 21.6 7.9 239 23 311.5 312.3 290.0 324.2 4.00 6 750 2629 15.8 -5.5 23 21.3 5.3 250 23 313.7 314.4 290.1 324.5 3.37 7 700 3209 11.1 6.2 72 4.9 8.1 265 27 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.4 8.53 8 650 3824 6.2 5.1 92 1.1 5.5 276 23 316.0 317.6 295.0 342.7 8.50 9 600 4474 1.0 -4.3 68 5.3 -1.6 284 20 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.3 4.65 10 550 5168 -3.9 -16.8 36 12.9 -8.5 284 24 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.86 11 500 5911 -8.8 -30.0 16 21.3 -13.9 294 23 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.63 12 450 6719 -13.7 -40.3 9 26.7 -18.3 300 21 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.25 13 400 7605 -18.8 -47.8 6 29.0 -22.6 298 18 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 14 350 8584 -26.5 -46.7 13 20.2 -28.7 302 18 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.16 15 300 9677 -35.3 -51.1 18 15.8 -36.5 286 23 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 16 250 10921 -45.0 -54.5 34 9.5 -45.4 261 22 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.09 17 200 12376 -56.2 -60.2 60 4.1 -56.3 65 5 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14152 -63.5 -74.6 21 11.1 -63.6 309 22 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16664 -59.9 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 255 9 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.46 m Freezing level: 589.48 mb = 4620.14 m = 15157.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.02 mb = 4326.25 m = 14193.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.34 mb = 959.95 m = 3149.40 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 29.79 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.22 mb = 2357.81 m = 7735.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.01 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 27.27 C K Index: 41.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2673.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.23 mb = 1432.94 m = 4701.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.23 mb = 3122.75 m = 10245.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.23 mb = 13480.40 m = 44226.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2667.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 23.68 Bulk Shear: 112.92 m/s