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: 42.30,-92.50 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 980 297 29.1 23.5 72 5.6 24.9 162 12 304.0 307.5 298.8 360.4 18.92 2 950 569 27.8 21.5 69 6.3 23.2 168 26 305.4 308.6 298.1 357.0 17.24 3 900 1047 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.9 180 31 305.9 308.9 297.7 354.9 16.36 4 850 1544 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 194 31 306.4 309.4 297.5 354.4 15.96 5 800 2067 18.7 9.7 56 9.0 13.0 241 30 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.3 9.51 6 750 2617 15.1 8.8 66 6.3 11.1 258 34 313.0 314.8 294.9 342.4 9.52 7 700 3199 11.0 7.1 77 3.9 8.6 278 27 314.7 316.4 295.0 343.0 9.09 8 650 3812 7.0 -5.5 40 12.5 0.9 298 24 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.4 3.90 9 600 4464 1.7 -12.8 33 14.5 -4.1 310 26 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.0 2.39 10 550 5158 -3.2 -21.4 23 18.3 -9.0 318 27 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.6 1.25 11 500 5904 -8.1 -30.8 14 22.7 -13.6 313 25 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.2 0.59 12 450 6713 -13.4 -38.1 10 24.7 -18.0 307 25 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.32 13 400 7598 -19.2 -45.8 8 26.6 -22.8 301 21 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 14 350 8577 -26.3 -51.7 7 25.4 -28.7 293 18 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.09 15 300 9670 -35.7 -55.8 11 20.1 -37.0 284 23 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.07 16 250 10913 -44.8 -61.6 14 16.8 -45.4 264 26 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 17 200 12369 -55.5 -59.4 62 3.9 -55.6 175 9 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14150 -65.2 -73.0 33 7.9 -65.2 305 14 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16660 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 274 7 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.58 m Freezing level: 582.41 mb = 4707.95 m = 15445.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.08 mb = 3924.84 m = 12876.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.60 % Est. max temperature: 33.31 C = 91.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.64 mb = 1011.38 m = 3318.12 ft T: 23.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1512.42 m = 4961.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 26.63 C K Index: 42.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3092.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.71 mb = 1395.05 m = 4576.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.71 mb = 2733.79 m = 8969.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.71 mb = 14162.24 m = 46463.48 ft B at Equ Level: 3059.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 491.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 491.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.43 Bulk Rich Number: 15.57 Bulk Shear: 198.60 m/s