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: 44.57,-88.44 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -88.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 993 241 18.7 18.5 98 0.3 18.6 133 4 292.4 294.9 292.0 331.0 13.59 2 950 626 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 206 17 297.4 300.0 294.1 339.2 14.43 3 900 1091 16.9 16.1 95 0.7 16.4 212 20 298.9 301.2 293.4 336.6 12.93 4 850 1577 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 211 20 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.4 10.98 5 800 2088 11.5 9.6 88 1.9 10.3 213 22 303.4 305.1 292.1 331.5 9.42 6 750 2625 8.3 5.5 82 2.9 6.7 228 19 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.4 7.55 7 700 3192 5.4 2.7 83 2.7 3.9 255 16 308.5 309.7 291.4 328.9 6.67 8 650 3795 1.9 -0.5 84 2.4 0.6 264 15 311.1 312.2 291.3 328.7 5.67 9 600 4436 -2.2 -4.1 87 1.9 -3.1 279 18 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.4 4.70 10 550 5123 -5.9 -10.1 72 4.2 -7.7 297 19 317.0 317.7 291.0 327.5 3.22 11 500 5863 -10.2 -20.0 45 9.8 -13.2 302 23 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.57 12 450 6665 -15.6 -33.6 20 18.1 -19.1 302 25 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.50 13 400 7544 -21.0 -45.6 9 24.6 -24.1 306 27 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 14 350 8513 -29.0 -40.6 32 11.6 -30.4 308 32 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.31 15 300 9596 -38.1 -44.3 52 6.2 -38.6 314 45 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.7 0.25 16 250 10823 -47.5 -51.3 65 3.8 -47.7 308 60 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12259 -58.1 -62.3 58 4.2 -58.2 304 73 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 14074 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 268 13 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16651 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 223 9 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.66 m Freezing level: 627.17 mb = 4087.67 m = 13410.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.92 mb = 3895.11 m = 12779.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.75 mb = 272.08 m = 892.66 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.76 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 1040.80 m = 3414.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.04 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 598.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.57 mb = 803.65 m = 2636.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.57 mb = 1621.21 m = 5318.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.57 mb = 11205.29 m = 36762.32 ft B at Equ Level: 591.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.57 mb = 13451.12 m = 44130.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 139.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 18.86 Bulk Shear: 31.71 m/s