MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.55,-89.57 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 985 274 24.2 21.4 85 2.7 22.2 140 11 298.6 301.6 295.9 346.8 16.56 2 950 591 24.0 19.5 76 4.4 20.8 150 27 301.5 304.3 295.8 346.4 15.24 3 900 1062 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 169 27 302.6 305.1 295.1 343.1 13.68 4 850 1555 19.7 6.1 41 13.5 11.6 191 21 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.0 6.98 5 800 2075 17.1 7.0 51 10.2 11.0 237 26 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.5 7.85 6 750 2622 13.2 3.6 52 9.7 7.7 260 33 310.9 312.2 292.1 331.4 6.60 7 700 3198 9.4 0.9 55 8.5 4.8 281 27 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.84 8 650 3808 4.8 -0.4 69 5.2 2.0 311 21 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.4 5.73 9 600 4454 -0.7 -1.3 96 0.6 -1.0 340 25 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.7 5.80 10 550 5144 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.1 353 30 318.0 318.8 292.0 331.0 4.00 11 500 5887 -9.5 -16.1 58 6.6 -11.8 348 35 321.5 321.9 291.4 328.8 2.18 12 450 6692 -14.8 -17.4 80 2.6 -15.7 350 32 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.0 2.16 13 400 7575 -19.7 -21.8 83 2.1 -20.3 346 26 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.66 14 350 8554 -26.0 -28.6 78 2.6 -26.5 333 23 333.8 334.0 293.7 337.5 1.03 15 300 9652 -34.4 -37.5 74 3.1 -34.8 325 23 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.51 16 250 10899 -44.6 -48.1 68 3.5 -44.8 316 26 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12351 -56.5 -60.6 60 4.1 -56.6 300 36 343.2 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14128 -63.1 -69.6 41 6.5 -63.1 309 25 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.02 19 100 16662 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 276 8 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.23 m Freezing level: 606.49 mb = 4370.20 m = 14337.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.98 mb = 4228.75 m = 13873.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.24 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.88 mb = 619.48 m = 2032.38 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.79 mb = 2248.33 m = 7376.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.73 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 15.60 C K Index: 26.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1136.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.91 mb = 1237.20 m = 4059.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.91 mb = 3353.46 m = 11002.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.91 mb = 12447.41 m = 40837.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1135.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.91 mb = 15172.63 m = 49778.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 557.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 557.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 292.46 m/s