MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.89,-91.37 Latitude: 44.89 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 176 SFC 986 296 23.2 20.0 82 3.2 21.0 136 5 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.2 15.10 2 950 626 23.2 19.0 77 4.2 20.2 179 16 300.7 303.4 295.2 343.8 14.69 3 900 1095 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 185 15 301.0 303.6 295.3 344.0 14.65 4 850 1585 15.6 14.6 94 1.0 15.0 194 14 302.5 304.7 294.1 339.1 12.39 5 800 2097 12.1 7.2 72 4.8 9.2 219 10 304.0 305.5 291.2 328.0 8.00 6 750 2636 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 260 12 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.3 8.68 7 700 3206 6.5 3.7 83 2.7 4.9 257 13 309.7 311.0 292.2 331.7 7.17 8 650 3810 2.8 -0.0 82 2.8 1.3 261 12 312.1 313.3 291.9 330.5 5.88 9 600 4455 -0.5 -8.8 53 8.3 -4.1 271 18 315.5 316.2 290.6 326.1 3.27 10 550 5144 -5.7 -11.3 65 5.6 -7.9 278 30 317.3 317.9 290.8 326.9 2.93 11 500 5883 -11.0 -18.5 54 7.5 -13.3 276 32 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.7 1.78 12 450 6682 -16.9 -23.5 57 6.6 -18.6 280 31 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.28 13 400 7555 -23.0 -33.1 39 10.0 -24.8 284 25 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.59 14 350 8521 -29.5 -44.5 22 15.0 -31.1 297 23 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.21 15 300 9601 -38.0 -42.4 63 4.4 -38.4 328 27 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 16 250 10829 -48.5 -52.3 65 3.8 -48.7 341 35 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12261 -55.4 -66.1 25 10.7 -55.6 292 25 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14105 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 267 19 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16684 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 259 8 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.63 m Freezing level: 607.66 mb = 4356.24 m = 14291.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.99 mb = 3960.63 m = 12994.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.89 mb = 700.07 m = 2296.80 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1243.25 m = 4078.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1837.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.69 mb = 1098.06 m = 3602.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.69 mb = 1438.03 m = 4717.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.69 mb = 12112.68 m = 39739.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1829.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.69 mb = 14790.13 m = 48523.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.73 Bulk Shear: 54.48 m/s