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: 42.43,-92.73 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -92.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 978 309 29.2 24.0 73 5.3 25.3 165 11 304.3 307.9 299.2 362.5 19.51 2 950 567 28.1 21.9 69 6.2 23.6 172 23 305.7 309.0 298.5 358.8 17.72 3 900 1045 24.0 20.5 80 3.6 21.5 184 29 306.3 309.4 298.2 357.5 17.05 4 850 1543 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 194 30 306.8 309.9 298.1 357.0 16.69 5 800 2065 18.5 11.1 62 7.4 13.7 239 29 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.9 10.45 6 750 2616 15.3 10.5 73 4.7 12.2 257 34 313.1 315.2 295.8 346.3 10.72 7 700 3198 11.1 7.1 76 4.0 8.6 277 27 314.8 316.5 295.1 343.1 9.08 8 650 3812 7.0 -5.7 40 12.7 0.9 303 24 316.9 317.7 291.5 329.4 3.86 9 600 4464 1.7 -10.4 40 12.1 -3.5 317 27 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.6 2.90 10 550 5158 -3.1 -20.7 24 17.6 -8.8 324 28 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.0 1.33 11 500 5904 -8.2 -29.5 16 21.3 -13.5 318 25 323.0 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.67 12 450 6713 -13.4 -37.6 11 24.1 -18.0 309 25 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.34 13 400 7598 -19.4 -45.0 8 25.6 -22.9 300 21 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.17 14 350 8576 -26.4 -53.2 6 26.8 -28.8 288 16 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 15 300 9669 -35.6 -57.7 9 22.0 -36.9 282 22 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 16 250 10912 -44.7 -59.9 17 15.2 -45.3 264 27 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12367 -55.7 -60.2 57 4.5 -55.8 175 13 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14150 -64.3 -74.1 25 9.8 -64.4 314 15 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -59.6 -87.1 2 27.4 -59.9 279 8 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.86 m Freezing level: 582.09 mb = 4712.55 m = 15460.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3937.87 m = 12919.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.63 mb = 980.23 m = 3215.93 ft T: 24.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.29 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.57 mb = 1486.27 m = 4876.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -8.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 27.40 C K Index: 43.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3503.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.79 mb = 1372.74 m = 4503.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.79 mb = 2596.12 m = 8517.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.79 mb = 14076.31 m = 46181.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3493.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 468.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.80 Bulk Rich Number: 18.95 Bulk Shear: 184.88 m/s