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: 44.61,-87.95 Latitude: 44.61 Longitude: -87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 995 208 23.3 21.9 92 1.4 22.3 148 8 296.9 299.9 295.7 345.7 16.88 2 950 614 21.0 18.8 87 2.2 19.5 176 19 298.5 301.1 294.6 340.9 14.57 3 900 1081 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.1 206 21 299.7 302.2 294.1 339.3 13.54 4 850 1568 14.5 12.8 90 1.7 13.4 209 26 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.9 11.02 5 800 2078 11.4 8.9 85 2.5 9.9 222 26 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.1 9.00 6 750 2615 8.4 6.9 90 1.5 7.5 236 30 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.8 8.34 7 700 3184 5.4 3.4 87 2.1 4.3 244 32 308.5 309.8 291.7 329.9 6.98 8 650 3787 2.2 -0.1 85 2.3 1.0 255 31 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.7 5.86 9 600 4429 -2.0 -4.2 85 2.2 -3.1 264 26 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.67 10 550 5119 -4.6 -4.9 97 0.3 -4.8 273 19 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.2 4.82 11 500 5863 -8.8 -9.4 95 0.6 -9.1 278 17 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.7 3.75 12 450 6673 -13.3 -15.8 81 2.5 -14.2 299 11 326.5 327.0 293.0 335.0 2.47 13 400 7560 -18.9 -24.0 64 5.1 -20.3 346 13 330.4 330.7 293.2 335.3 1.38 14 350 8539 -26.8 -36.8 38 10.0 -28.3 349 20 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.4 0.47 15 300 9629 -35.8 -40.9 59 5.1 -36.3 342 19 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.3 0.36 16 250 10873 -45.2 -48.7 68 3.5 -45.4 301 17 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12319 -57.8 -61.7 61 3.9 -57.9 293 41 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14094 -56.4 -74.6 8 18.2 -56.7 233 7 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16647 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 281 7 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.07 m Freezing level: 623.86 mb = 4122.22 m = 13524.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.62 mb = 3940.89 m = 12929.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.69 mb = 382.11 m = 1253.64 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.53 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 980.11 m = 3215.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.47 mb = 858.41 m = 2816.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.47 mb = 1095.22 m = 3593.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.47 mb = 12366.84 m = 40573.12 ft B at Equ Level: 874.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.47 mb = 14158.67 m = 46451.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.91 Bulk Shear: 74.79 m/s