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: 42.73,-91.96 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 976 331 25.3 22.9 86 2.5 23.5 164 5 300.5 303.9 297.5 354.1 18.25 2 950 571 25.0 21.6 81 3.4 22.5 174 19 302.6 305.8 297.4 353.9 17.33 3 900 1046 22.3 19.8 86 2.5 20.5 183 36 304.4 307.5 297.3 353.2 16.34 4 850 1541 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 203 37 305.6 308.6 297.4 353.4 15.95 5 800 2061 16.4 13.5 83 2.9 14.5 240 36 308.7 311.0 295.7 345.8 12.25 6 750 2609 13.5 10.0 80 3.5 11.3 271 40 311.2 313.2 295.1 343.1 10.37 7 700 3188 9.7 9.2 97 0.5 9.4 285 44 313.2 315.2 295.7 345.7 10.50 8 650 3799 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 301 42 315.3 316.6 293.6 337.0 6.89 9 600 4450 1.9 -7.4 50 9.2 -2.4 312 42 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.2 3.66 10 550 5146 -2.8 -15.2 38 12.3 -7.5 319 39 320.7 321.2 291.1 327.9 2.14 11 500 5893 -7.6 -28.2 17 20.6 -13.0 319 34 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.75 12 450 6704 -12.6 -34.1 15 21.5 -17.1 315 30 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.1 0.47 13 400 7592 -18.9 -34.3 24 15.4 -21.8 310 26 330.4 330.6 292.4 332.4 0.53 14 350 8571 -26.4 -38.1 32 11.7 -28.2 303 24 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.41 15 300 9666 -34.9 -42.7 45 7.7 -35.7 295 19 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.3 0.30 16 250 10913 -44.1 -48.5 62 4.4 -44.4 285 12 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.19 17 200 12372 -55.8 -59.7 61 3.9 -55.9 17 5 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.06 18 150 14149 -66.4 -71.4 49 5.0 -66.4 317 14 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.02 19 100 16663 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 258 6 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.82 m Freezing level: 580.15 mb = 4726.27 m = 15505.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.89 mb = 4185.00 m = 13730.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.37 mb = 642.12 m = 2106.68 ft T: 24.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1387.21 m = 4551.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -5.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.13 C K Index: 44.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2512.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.93 mb = 1143.21 m = 3750.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.93 mb = 1592.52 m = 5224.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 824.93 mb = 1798.05 m = 5899.05 ft B at Equ Level: 13.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 847.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 847.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 282.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.4 stream: 13.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.94 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 275.83 m/s