MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.36,-88.04 Latitude: 44.36 Longitude: -88.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 994 237 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 145 5 292.3 294.7 291.9 330.6 13.50 2 950 628 19.9 18.3 91 1.6 18.8 211 15 297.4 299.9 293.9 338.2 14.10 3 900 1093 17.1 15.8 92 1.2 16.3 211 19 299.1 301.4 293.3 336.0 12.65 4 850 1580 14.4 11.8 84 2.6 12.8 211 19 301.3 303.2 292.2 331.7 10.32 5 800 2090 11.6 8.5 81 3.1 9.7 216 17 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.6 8.73 6 750 2627 8.2 4.8 79 3.4 6.3 241 16 305.5 306.8 290.9 327.3 7.21 7 700 3195 5.6 2.6 81 3.0 3.9 270 19 308.7 309.9 291.4 329.0 6.60 8 650 3798 1.7 -0.5 86 2.2 0.5 277 16 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.70 9 600 4438 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.3 288 19 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.2 4.66 10 550 5124 -6.2 -10.0 74 3.8 -7.8 298 21 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.3 3.25 11 500 5864 -10.4 -23.7 33 13.3 -14.1 300 24 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.3 1.13 12 450 6666 -15.5 -34.2 19 18.7 -19.1 297 25 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.47 13 400 7545 -20.9 -53.5 4 32.5 -24.3 303 27 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 14 350 8515 -28.6 -54.0 7 25.4 -30.6 309 33 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9599 -37.8 -48.2 33 10.4 -38.6 319 45 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 16 250 10827 -47.5 -53.0 53 5.5 -47.8 314 55 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12265 -58.4 -62.1 63 3.6 -58.5 312 76 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14077 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 262 13 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16652 -58.8 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 222 9 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.30 m Freezing level: 629.00 mb = 4066.56 m = 13341.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3886.53 m = 12750.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.76 mb = 274.12 m = 899.33 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1158.29 m = 3800.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 458.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.71 mb = 841.84 m = 2761.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.71 mb = 2072.33 m = 6798.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.71 mb = 10781.41 m = 35371.66 ft B at Equ Level: 456.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.71 mb = 13225.59 m = 43390.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 131.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 12.58 Bulk Shear: 36.42 m/s