MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 42.98,-89.45 Latitude: 42.98 Longitude: -89.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 986 297 23.9 21.7 87 2.3 22.3 341 4 298.3 301.3 296.0 347.0 16.77 2 950 625 22.6 19.1 80 3.6 20.2 272 2 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.5 14.79 3 900 1093 18.5 17.6 94 0.9 17.9 214 5 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.3 14.21 4 850 1582 15.3 10.3 72 5.0 12.2 219 10 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.8 9.31 5 800 2094 13.1 5.2 59 7.9 8.6 226 9 305.2 306.5 290.6 326.2 6.95 6 750 2634 10.3 5.9 74 4.4 7.7 232 15 307.8 309.2 292.1 331.5 7.80 7 700 3205 6.6 3.7 81 3.0 4.9 245 25 309.8 311.2 292.2 331.8 7.13 8 650 3810 2.6 0.6 87 2.0 1.5 250 37 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.0 6.16 9 600 4452 -1.6 -2.5 94 0.9 -2.1 251 41 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.0 5.30 10 550 5141 -5.4 -6.5 92 1.1 -5.9 251 39 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.4 4.28 11 500 5884 -8.8 -10.2 90 1.3 -9.4 256 36 322.3 322.9 292.7 333.9 3.53 12 450 6694 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.7 266 33 326.8 327.3 293.3 336.0 2.70 13 400 7583 -18.6 -20.6 84 2.1 -19.2 266 28 330.9 331.2 293.7 337.4 1.85 14 350 8563 -25.6 -28.2 78 2.7 -26.2 273 27 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.2 1.07 15 300 9662 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 282 28 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.52 16 250 10910 -44.7 -48.1 69 3.4 -44.9 291 38 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.20 17 200 12359 -57.1 -61.1 60 4.0 -57.2 292 42 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.05 18 150 14131 -63.1 -75.6 17 12.5 -63.3 287 18 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16669 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 253 9 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.94 m Freezing level: 619.52 mb = 4201.54 m = 13784.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.23 mb = 4070.51 m = 13354.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.64 mb = 582.11 m = 1909.79 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 20.84 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1149.20 m = 3770.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.03 mb = 1054.66 m = 3460.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.03 mb = 1294.83 m = 4248.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.03 mb = 12389.09 m = 40646.13 ft B at Equ Level: 955.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.03 mb = 15073.61 m = 49453.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -4.0 tot: 115.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 14.50 Bulk Shear: 66.03 m/s