MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.72,-91.41 Latitude: 44.72 Longitude: -91.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 984 295 22.4 16.7 70 5.7 18.6 218 8 297.0 299.2 292.4 332.5 12.28 2 950 594 18.9 14.9 78 4.0 16.3 220 10 296.4 298.4 291.4 328.9 11.28 3 900 1055 14.4 13.8 96 0.6 14.0 223 10 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.4 11.10 4 850 1536 11.1 6.6 74 4.4 8.5 264 9 297.7 299.0 288.4 318.9 7.23 5 800 2040 9.4 -5.0 36 14.5 2.8 271 8 301.2 301.8 285.8 311.2 3.28 6 750 2572 5.9 -3.7 50 9.6 1.4 283 9 303.0 303.7 287.1 314.9 3.88 7 700 3133 2.4 -6.5 52 8.9 -1.5 295 12 305.1 305.8 287.3 315.6 3.36 8 650 3727 -1.0 -11.0 47 10.0 -4.9 308 18 307.8 308.3 287.4 315.9 2.55 9 600 4361 -5.0 -12.6 55 7.6 -7.8 312 22 310.4 310.8 288.1 318.1 2.42 10 550 5039 -9.4 -14.6 66 5.2 -11.2 314 24 312.9 313.3 288.8 320.2 2.23 11 500 5768 -14.3 -22.8 49 8.5 -16.5 321 24 315.6 315.8 288.6 319.8 1.23 12 450 6558 -20.0 -30.8 38 10.8 -22.1 319 24 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.4 0.65 13 400 7419 -26.5 -39.4 29 12.9 -28.1 322 22 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.31 14 350 8369 -33.3 -48.7 20 15.4 -34.4 325 25 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 15 300 9432 -42.0 -50.8 38 8.8 -42.5 322 34 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.12 16 250 10639 -51.4 -57.5 48 6.2 -51.5 323 44 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.06 17 200 12075 -53.0 -70.4 10 17.4 -53.3 317 52 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13930 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 315 51 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16512 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 320 33 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.62 m Freezing level: 664.72 mb = 3552.39 m = 11654.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.66 mb = 2839.88 m = 9317.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.72 mb = 1010.88 m = 3316.49 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1128.78 m = 3703.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.00 C = 71.60 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 23.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.19 mb = 1119.31 m = 3672.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.19 mb = 1166.50 m = 3827.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.19 mb = 10174.19 m = 33379.50 ft B at Equ Level: 596.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.19 mb = 12467.42 m = 40903.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 331.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 15.68 Bulk Shear: 38.10 m/s