MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.89,-91.34 Latitude: 44.89 Longitude: -91.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 986 298 26.7 21.6 73 5.2 23.0 174 8 301.1 304.2 296.7 350.1 16.66 2 950 625 24.3 19.7 75 4.7 21.0 180 17 301.9 304.7 296.0 347.1 15.34 3 900 1096 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 182 20 301.9 304.6 295.7 345.8 14.86 4 850 1587 16.7 11.0 69 5.8 13.1 203 21 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.6 9.71 5 800 2102 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.7 228 20 306.6 308.7 294.1 339.2 10.82 6 750 2646 11.0 9.3 90 1.6 10.0 243 19 308.5 310.4 294.0 338.5 9.88 7 700 3219 8.1 4.5 78 3.6 6.1 249 17 311.5 312.9 293.0 335.0 7.58 8 650 3829 5.2 -4.0 51 9.2 0.7 263 15 314.9 315.7 291.4 328.9 4.39 9 600 4476 -0.3 -6.1 65 5.8 -3.0 268 20 315.8 316.5 291.3 328.7 4.03 10 550 5166 -5.3 -9.2 74 3.9 -7.0 268 24 317.7 318.4 291.4 329.0 3.45 11 500 5906 -10.5 -15.1 68 4.7 -12.1 262 26 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.1 2.36 12 450 6710 -15.6 -17.9 83 2.3 -16.4 264 25 323.6 324.0 291.9 330.6 2.07 13 400 7588 -21.1 -27.7 55 6.6 -22.5 278 27 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.1 0.98 14 350 8560 -28.2 -36.7 44 8.5 -29.5 274 23 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.47 15 300 9645 -37.8 -44.6 49 6.9 -38.4 276 22 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.24 16 250 10872 -48.1 -55.4 43 7.3 -48.4 271 12 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12308 -57.5 -62.0 57 4.4 -57.6 275 20 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14126 -54.7 -80.7 3 25.9 -55.1 257 23 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16690 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 226 10 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.41 m Freezing level: 602.72 mb = 4440.54 m = 14568.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3941.32 m = 12930.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.63 mb = 955.29 m = 3134.13 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1341.48 m = 4401.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2143.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.60 mb = 1214.90 m = 3985.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.60 mb = 1560.30 m = 5119.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.60 mb = 12883.16 m = 42267.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2088.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.60 mb = 15939.38 m = 52293.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 44.05 Bulk Shear: 48.65 m/s