MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.86,-91.47 Latitude: 44.86 Longitude: -91.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 987 290 22.2 19.4 84 2.8 20.2 133 7 296.4 299.1 293.9 338.2 14.48 2 950 626 23.8 18.4 72 5.4 20.1 172 23 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.1 14.19 3 900 1097 19.6 17.5 87 2.2 18.1 189 24 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.3 14.08 4 850 1587 16.1 14.5 91 1.5 15.1 202 24 303.0 305.3 294.2 339.6 12.34 5 800 2101 13.6 8.4 71 5.2 10.4 231 17 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.9 8.70 6 750 2644 12.5 8.1 75 4.4 9.7 295 18 310.1 311.9 293.8 337.9 9.07 7 700 3220 8.9 3.3 68 5.6 5.7 293 21 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.9 6.94 8 650 3830 5.0 -2.3 59 7.3 1.3 285 17 314.7 315.6 291.9 330.5 4.98 9 600 4476 -0.4 -4.2 75 3.9 -2.2 300 21 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.6 4.67 10 550 5166 -5.3 -11.2 63 5.9 -7.7 309 28 317.8 318.3 291.0 327.4 2.95 11 500 5906 -11.1 -18.7 54 7.6 -13.5 306 26 319.5 319.8 290.4 325.3 1.74 12 450 6706 -16.8 -20.0 76 3.2 -17.8 291 24 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.73 13 400 7581 -21.8 -41.3 15 19.5 -24.5 290 26 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.26 14 350 8551 -28.4 -43.6 22 15.1 -30.2 289 27 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.23 15 300 9636 -37.7 -47.0 37 9.4 -38.4 289 29 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 16 250 10863 -48.5 -53.8 54 5.4 -48.7 269 28 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12297 -57.4 -64.1 42 6.7 -57.5 269 40 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 14116 -55.9 -79.7 4 23.8 -56.2 271 21 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16680 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 252 5 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.16 m Freezing level: 603.32 mb = 4433.44 m = 14545.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.54 mb = 4062.48 m = 13328.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.12 mb = 652.41 m = 2140.43 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.35 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1477.03 m = 4845.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.95 mb = 1221.79 m = 4008.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.95 mb = 3679.86 m = 12072.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.95 mb = 12234.53 m = 40139.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1406.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.95 mb = 14926.98 m = 48972.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 272.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 10.82 Bulk Shear: 130.11 m/s