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: 44.5,-87.57 Latitude: 44.50 Longitude: -87.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 998 209 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 163 8 292.3 294.8 292.0 331.2 13.73 2 950 630 19.5 18.3 93 1.1 18.7 211 15 296.9 299.5 293.7 337.7 14.11 3 900 1095 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 210 16 298.5 300.8 292.9 334.5 12.36 4 850 1580 14.0 12.2 89 1.9 12.9 207 18 300.8 302.8 292.2 331.8 10.54 5 800 2090 11.2 8.7 84 2.5 9.7 214 18 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.4 8.85 6 750 2627 7.9 4.9 81 3.0 6.2 233 18 305.2 306.5 290.9 327.2 7.28 7 700 3193 4.6 2.1 84 2.5 3.2 248 17 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.1 6.38 8 650 3794 1.2 -0.5 88 1.8 0.3 272 16 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.67 9 600 4433 -2.6 -4.8 84 2.3 -3.6 289 21 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.46 10 550 5120 -5.9 -11.4 65 5.5 -8.1 297 22 317.1 317.6 290.7 326.6 2.91 11 500 5860 -10.7 -21.6 40 11.0 -13.9 295 25 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.36 12 450 6662 -15.2 -26.7 37 11.5 -18.0 283 25 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.95 13 400 7542 -21.0 -41.4 14 20.4 -23.9 289 29 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.25 14 350 8512 -28.7 -55.0 6 26.3 -30.8 296 34 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.06 15 300 9595 -37.9 -56.0 13 18.1 -38.8 302 42 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 16 250 10823 -47.9 -58.3 29 10.4 -48.3 306 52 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12261 -58.0 -62.0 60 4.0 -58.1 309 73 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 18 150 14077 -55.1 -81.6 2 26.4 -55.5 262 15 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 224 8 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.70 m Freezing level: 633.85 mb = 4000.67 m = 13125.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.02 mb = 3843.30 m = 12609.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.93 mb = 240.42 m = 788.76 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.60 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 1016.89 m = 3336.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 426.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.38 mb = 772.82 m = 2535.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.38 mb = 1786.77 m = 5862.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.38 mb = 10839.31 m = 35561.61 ft B at Equ Level: 422.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.38 mb = 12947.84 m = 42479.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 11.98 Bulk Shear: 35.57 m/s