MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.24,-90.58 Latitude: 43.24 Longitude: -90.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 987 277 23.9 15.5 59 8.5 18.4 100 2 298.2 300.3 292.0 331.0 11.28 2 950 610 21.5 12.6 57 8.9 15.8 108 6 299.0 300.8 291.0 327.4 9.71 3 900 1075 16.9 11.6 71 5.3 13.6 112 7 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.0 9.58 4 850 1559 12.2 10.6 89 1.7 11.2 116 7 299.0 300.7 290.7 326.6 9.46 5 800 2065 10.3 -0.8 46 11.2 4.7 162 12 302.2 303.0 287.3 315.8 4.50 6 750 2600 9.1 -8.4 28 17.6 1.5 163 11 306.5 307.0 287.1 315.0 2.69 7 700 3169 6.5 -17.4 16 23.9 -2.1 169 8 309.7 309.9 286.8 314.2 1.39 8 650 3772 3.0 -27.5 8 30.5 -5.6 182 7 312.4 312.5 286.9 314.5 0.61 9 600 4413 -1.5 -32.3 7 30.7 -8.9 193 8 314.4 314.5 287.4 315.9 0.43 10 550 5100 -5.8 -39.6 5 33.8 -12.3 190 8 317.2 317.3 288.1 318.0 0.22 11 500 5838 -10.5 -25.1 29 14.5 -14.4 204 8 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.7 1.00 12 450 6641 -15.4 -27.3 35 11.9 -18.2 230 8 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.1 0.91 13 400 7520 -21.2 -30.0 45 8.8 -23.0 250 11 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.3 0.79 14 350 8490 -28.1 -40.8 29 12.7 -29.7 262 14 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.31 15 300 9577 -36.7 -40.6 68 3.8 -37.1 324 17 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.37 16 250 10811 -47.6 -51.3 65 3.8 -47.7 308 26 335.3 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12246 -55.8 -63.0 40 7.2 -55.9 277 21 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 14083 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 282 27 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16629 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 310 20 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.98 m Freezing level: 616.69 mb = 4198.94 m = 13775.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.23 mb = 2831.74 m = 9290.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.83 mb = 1344.60 m = 4411.36 ft T: 14.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 2048.73 m = 6721.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 9.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6106.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.73 mb = 1660.75 m = 5448.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 199.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 6.77 m/s