MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.21,-91.37 Latitude: 43.21 Longitude: -91.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 199 SFC 987 308 17.7 16.1 90 1.6 16.7 132 6 291.9 294.0 290.3 325.1 11.72 2 950 640 20.3 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 187 19 297.8 300.4 294.4 340.4 14.70 3 900 1107 17.9 16.4 91 1.5 16.9 218 12 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.4 13.15 4 850 1594 14.6 11.9 84 2.7 12.9 239 10 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.9 10.34 5 800 2105 11.9 8.3 78 3.6 9.7 209 11 303.8 305.4 291.6 329.6 8.61 6 750 2644 9.7 4.0 68 5.7 6.5 242 4 307.1 308.4 291.1 327.9 6.83 7 700 3215 7.7 -1.8 51 9.5 2.8 302 5 311.0 311.9 290.6 325.9 4.78 8 650 3821 4.1 -8.3 40 12.4 -1.4 319 8 313.6 314.2 289.9 323.7 3.13 9 600 4467 -0.5 -7.2 61 6.7 -3.5 321 15 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.6 3.73 10 550 5157 -5.3 -8.9 76 3.5 -6.8 316 20 317.8 318.4 291.5 329.3 3.56 11 500 5897 -10.8 -11.4 96 0.6 -11.1 311 18 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.4 3.21 12 450 6699 -16.4 -18.3 85 1.9 -17.0 311 23 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 2.01 13 400 7573 -22.5 -28.5 58 6.0 -23.7 310 26 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.0 0.91 14 350 8542 -28.6 -34.1 59 5.6 -29.5 327 19 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.61 15 300 9629 -36.9 -41.3 63 4.5 -37.3 13 26 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.7 0.34 16 250 10867 -45.5 -52.5 45 7.0 -45.9 360 33 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 17 200 12319 -55.7 -66.1 26 10.4 -55.9 2 33 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14142 -54.4 -80.4 3 26.0 -54.8 281 16 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16697 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 299 3 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.33 m Freezing level: 605.09 mb = 4400.92 m = 14438.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.89 mb = 3611.41 m = 11848.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.34 mb = 511.09 m = 1676.80 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.72 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 987.38 mb = 307.63 m = 1009.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.31 C = 64.96 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 462.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.23 mb = 943.24 m = 3094.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.23 mb = 2081.57 m = 6829.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 782.23 mb = 2292.51 m = 7521.26 ft B at Equ Level: 30.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 652.23 mb = 3793.37 m = 12445.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.8 neg: -22.6 tot: 90.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 8.06 Bulk Shear: 57.40 m/s