MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.27,-90.85 Latitude: 45.27 Longitude: -90.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 972 373 27.4 23.6 80 3.8 24.6 204 6 302.9 306.5 298.7 359.9 19.18 2 950 577 24.0 22.1 89 2.0 22.6 204 6 301.6 304.9 297.5 354.3 17.86 3 900 1048 20.1 18.4 90 1.7 18.9 222 10 302.2 304.9 295.8 346.2 14.91 4 850 1540 17.1 13.9 82 3.1 15.0 260 17 304.0 306.2 294.1 339.3 11.86 5 800 2055 14.4 8.9 70 5.5 11.0 261 17 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.7 9.00 6 750 2598 12.1 -4.8 30 16.8 3.9 274 16 309.7 310.3 289.0 320.9 3.57 7 700 3171 8.5 -14.2 18 22.7 -0.5 274 24 311.9 312.3 288.1 317.9 1.82 8 650 3778 4.2 -12.3 29 16.4 -2.5 271 27 313.7 314.1 289.1 321.1 2.29 9 600 4424 0.3 -17.6 25 17.9 -6.0 270 25 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.9 1.60 10 550 5116 -3.7 -18.3 31 14.5 -8.7 277 24 319.7 320.0 290.3 325.3 1.65 11 500 5861 -8.8 -15.4 59 6.6 -11.2 280 28 322.3 322.7 291.7 330.1 2.30 12 450 6673 -12.4 -27.0 28 14.6 -16.2 283 32 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.0 0.93 13 400 7559 -19.5 -35.4 23 15.8 -22.4 286 33 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.47 14 350 8536 -27.2 -40.2 28 13.0 -28.9 287 32 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 15 300 9626 -36.5 -51.5 20 15.0 -37.5 285 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10860 -47.0 -55.3 38 8.3 -47.3 280 39 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 17 200 12298 -58.3 -63.6 51 5.2 -58.4 277 34 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 14090 -59.0 -77.7 7 18.6 -59.2 286 34 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16643 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 243 12 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.52 m Freezing level: 595.89 mb = 4480.78 m = 14700.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.78 mb = 3102.95 m = 10180.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.84 mb = 848.65 m = 2784.25 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 42.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1145.79 m = 3759.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.55 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 17.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2369.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.61 mb = 1099.80 m = 3608.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.61 mb = 1245.25 m = 4085.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.61 mb = 12967.98 m = 42545.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2361.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.61 mb = 16064.84 m = 52705.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 52.23 Bulk Shear: 45.37 m/s