MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.87,-91.25 Latitude: 43.87 Longitude: -91.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 990 269 24.3 15.3 57 9.0 18.4 138 7 298.3 300.3 291.9 330.7 11.11 2 950 627 19.8 12.3 62 7.4 15.1 139 7 297.2 299.0 290.2 324.9 9.52 3 900 1090 15.2 11.2 77 4.0 12.8 139 8 297.2 298.9 290.1 324.4 9.34 4 850 1571 10.5 10.2 98 0.4 10.3 139 8 297.2 298.8 289.9 323.9 9.20 5 800 2074 10.3 -13.5 17 23.8 1.2 152 13 302.2 302.5 284.4 307.5 1.69 6 750 2609 9.0 -28.0 5 37.0 -1.6 152 14 306.4 306.5 284.6 308.1 0.51 7 700 3175 5.5 -17.8 17 23.3 -2.7 150 12 308.6 308.8 286.4 313.0 1.35 8 650 3776 2.0 -26.2 10 28.2 -6.0 168 9 311.3 311.4 286.6 313.6 0.69 9 600 4416 -2.3 -33.0 7 30.7 -9.5 183 8 313.5 313.5 287.1 314.9 0.40 10 550 5100 -7.2 -27.1 19 19.9 -12.3 188 6 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.2 0.75 11 500 5834 -12.7 -23.6 40 10.9 -15.6 216 9 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.5 1.14 12 450 6630 -17.3 -24.0 56 6.8 -19.0 239 12 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.8 1.22 13 400 7504 -22.4 -27.3 64 4.9 -23.5 250 13 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.5 1.02 14 350 8471 -28.6 -40.4 31 11.7 -30.1 287 14 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.32 15 300 9557 -37.3 -52.3 19 15.0 -38.2 299 16 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.10 16 250 10788 -47.3 -57.4 31 10.0 -47.7 314 15 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12232 -54.8 -65.0 27 10.2 -55.0 329 14 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14081 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 303 19 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16647 -60.6 -86.0 2 25.4 -60.9 298 10 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.23 m Freezing level: 626.53 mb = 4076.52 m = 13374.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.82 mb = 2296.47 m = 7534.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.94 % Est. max temperature: 24.13 C = 75.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.51 mb = 1398.99 m = 4589.79 ft T: 12.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 23.17 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.54 mb = 1506.03 m = 4940.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.19 C = 73.74 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 10.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 147.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.50 mb = 1535.96 m = 5039.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.50 mb = 1585.19 m = 5200.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.50 mb = 1683.64 m = 5523.68 ft B at Equ Level: 7.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.50 mb = 1986.18 m = 6516.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 165.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 195.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 2.64 m/s