MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 46.53,-88.23 Latitude: 46.53 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 SFC 962 510 17.0 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 66 2 293.4 295.2 289.7 323.1 10.42 2 950 618 17.8 12.3 70 5.6 14.4 79 7 295.3 297.0 289.6 322.6 9.48 3 900 1080 16.1 11.7 75 4.4 13.3 131 5 298.1 299.8 290.6 326.2 9.63 4 850 1563 12.4 8.7 78 3.7 10.2 213 7 299.1 300.6 289.8 323.5 8.32 5 800 2068 7.9 5.3 84 2.5 6.5 210 8 299.5 300.8 288.8 320.3 7.01 6 750 2598 6.2 -14.3 21 20.5 -1.4 229 7 303.3 303.6 284.8 308.7 1.68 7 700 3158 1.6 -11.6 37 13.2 -3.4 190 6 304.3 304.7 285.8 311.4 2.25 8 650 3750 -2.4 -15.9 35 13.5 -7.0 201 14 306.2 306.5 285.9 311.7 1.70 9 600 4383 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -4.9 238 18 311.0 311.8 290.1 324.4 4.24 10 550 5064 -8.6 -9.1 97 0.5 -8.8 258 18 313.9 314.6 290.3 325.1 3.51 11 500 5797 -13.2 -14.3 91 1.1 -13.6 248 21 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.3 2.53 12 450 6593 -17.7 -24.3 56 6.6 -19.3 254 22 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.1 1.19 13 400 7465 -23.0 -40.1 19 17.1 -25.4 264 26 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.29 14 350 8426 -31.6 -37.4 57 5.8 -32.4 266 30 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.44 15 300 9498 -40.0 -55.5 17 15.5 -40.8 270 31 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10714 -49.7 -58.8 34 9.1 -50.0 272 33 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 17 200 12154 -52.2 -71.8 8 19.6 -52.6 282 33 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14007 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 289 32 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16576 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 322 25 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.78 m Freezing level: 680.01 mb = 3394.92 m = 11138.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.83 mb = 2502.08 m = 8208.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.90 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.39 mb = 907.03 m = 2975.79 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1823.57 m = 5982.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.90 C = 73.22 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 21.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.67 mb = 1556.62 m = 5106.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.67 mb = 2112.53 m = 6930.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.67 mb = 2216.47 m = 7271.79 ft B at Equ Level: 16.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 475.67 mb = 6173.84 m = 20255.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -3.7 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 41.19 m/s