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: 42.42,-92.17 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 982 280 28.3 23.0 73 5.3 24.4 160 14 303.0 306.4 298.2 357.3 18.30 2 950 570 26.7 21.4 73 5.3 22.9 164 29 304.3 307.5 297.8 355.3 17.13 3 900 1047 23.1 19.7 81 3.4 20.7 181 35 305.3 308.3 297.5 354.0 16.28 4 850 1543 18.9 18.3 97 0.6 18.5 196 35 305.9 308.9 297.3 353.3 15.80 5 800 2064 18.1 11.3 65 6.8 13.7 243 33 310.4 312.4 295.0 342.8 10.59 6 750 2615 14.9 9.6 71 5.3 11.5 261 36 312.7 314.6 295.2 343.8 10.06 7 700 3195 10.5 7.8 83 2.7 8.9 278 32 314.1 316.0 295.3 343.9 9.56 8 650 3808 6.1 -1.4 59 7.5 2.2 292 29 315.9 316.9 292.5 332.8 5.33 9 600 4459 1.8 -14.2 29 16.0 -4.5 304 29 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.3 2.12 10 550 5154 -2.9 -22.3 21 19.4 -9.0 312 28 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.6 1.16 11 500 5900 -7.8 -33.4 11 25.6 -13.6 311 27 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.46 12 450 6710 -13.2 -39.3 9 26.1 -17.9 307 27 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.28 13 400 7596 -18.8 -45.8 7 26.9 -22.5 306 24 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.16 14 350 8575 -26.5 -46.6 13 20.1 -28.7 301 22 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 15 300 9669 -35.4 -55.1 12 19.7 -36.7 289 25 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.07 16 250 10913 -44.9 -59.3 18 14.5 -45.4 269 25 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12370 -55.1 -59.0 61 4.0 -55.2 210 6 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14148 -66.1 -72.4 41 6.4 -66.1 309 15 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16661 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 268 6 413.6 413.6 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.56 m Freezing level: 580.96 mb = 4723.38 m = 15496.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.62 mb = 4015.45 m = 13173.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.49 mb = 954.30 m = 3130.86 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.91 mb = 1462.70 m = 4798.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.15 C K Index: 42.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2785.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.95 mb = 1301.81 m = 4270.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.95 mb = 2854.28 m = 9364.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.95 mb = 14191.97 m = 46561.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2744.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 622.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 622.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.64 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 250.84 m/s