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: 42.75,-92.08 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 326 25.4 23.2 87 2.3 23.8 142 5 300.6 304.0 297.7 355.2 18.59 2 950 572 25.5 21.7 79 3.8 22.8 169 19 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.8 17.43 3 900 1047 22.6 19.9 85 2.7 20.6 184 34 304.8 307.8 297.5 354.0 16.47 4 850 1543 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.6 202 33 305.7 308.7 297.4 353.7 16.03 5 800 2063 16.6 13.2 81 3.4 14.3 242 32 308.8 311.1 295.6 345.3 12.02 6 750 2611 13.8 9.6 76 4.1 11.2 269 36 311.5 313.5 294.9 342.6 10.09 7 700 3190 9.7 9.2 97 0.5 9.4 283 39 313.3 315.3 295.7 345.9 10.53 8 650 3802 5.7 1.3 73 4.5 3.2 302 36 315.4 316.7 293.3 335.8 6.47 9 600 4453 1.9 -7.9 48 9.8 -2.6 315 35 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.7 3.52 10 550 5148 -2.9 -16.1 35 13.2 -7.8 322 33 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.3 1.98 11 500 5895 -7.9 -31.1 14 23.2 -13.5 323 29 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.5 0.57 12 450 6705 -12.9 -38.7 9 25.9 -17.7 317 26 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.30 13 400 7592 -18.8 -39.9 14 21.0 -22.2 310 23 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.30 14 350 8572 -26.4 -43.5 18 17.1 -28.5 301 24 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.23 15 300 9666 -35.3 -49.2 23 13.9 -36.4 286 22 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.14 16 250 10911 -44.5 -51.6 45 7.1 -44.9 266 17 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12369 -55.5 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.6 179 3 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14147 -66.2 -71.7 46 5.5 -66.2 303 13 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 19 100 16661 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 264 7 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.76 m Freezing level: 580.53 mb = 4723.52 m = 15496.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.05 mb = 4159.23 m = 13645.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.28 mb = 615.46 m = 2019.19 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.94 mb = 1391.42 m = 4564.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 26.44 C K Index: 44.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2712.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.44 mb = 1168.64 m = 3834.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.44 mb = 1619.31 m = 5312.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.44 mb = 14047.61 m = 46087.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2691.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 715.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 715.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 235.56 m/s