MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 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 165 SFC 985 294 13.2 12.8 98 0.4 12.9 346 1 287.6 289.2 286.7 313.9 9.45 2 950 602 17.9 15.6 86 2.3 16.4 20 13 295.4 297.5 291.5 329.3 11.81 3 900 1063 15.1 12.4 84 2.8 13.4 347 12 297.1 298.9 290.7 326.4 10.10 4 850 1546 12.1 8.3 78 3.8 9.9 334 18 298.8 300.3 289.6 322.6 8.11 5 800 2051 8.5 4.7 77 3.8 6.4 339 19 300.2 301.5 288.8 320.2 6.72 6 750 2581 5.0 1.4 77 3.6 3.1 336 19 302.0 303.1 288.4 319.0 5.65 7 700 3141 1.5 -2.2 76 3.7 -0.3 326 21 304.2 305.0 288.2 318.4 4.65 8 650 3734 -2.3 -6.9 71 4.6 -4.3 327 24 306.4 307.0 287.9 317.3 3.51 9 600 4365 -4.7 -31.0 11 26.3 -10.8 341 25 310.7 310.8 286.2 312.4 0.48 10 550 5044 -8.6 -32.7 12 24.1 -13.7 350 28 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.4 0.44 11 500 5776 -12.9 -34.6 14 21.8 -17.0 356 33 317.4 317.4 288.3 318.8 0.40 12 450 6571 -17.8 -37.4 16 19.5 -21.1 3 41 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.34 13 400 7441 -23.4 -47.4 9 24.1 -26.0 7 54 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.13 14 350 8402 -31.3 -46.2 22 14.9 -32.7 357 53 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.17 15 300 9476 -39.5 -51.4 27 11.9 -40.2 1 60 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.11 16 250 10698 -48.9 -60.5 25 11.6 -49.2 3 65 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 17 200 12130 -57.4 -67.0 29 9.6 -57.6 346 61 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 13954 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.1 337 47 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16522 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 338 30 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.55 m Freezing level: 680.08 mb = 3377.06 m = 11079.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.02 mb = 3094.52 m = 10152.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.41 mb = 341.65 m = 1120.89 ft T: 13.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 984.90 mb = 293.90 m = 964.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.61 C = 58.30 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.28 mb = 1022.84 m = 3355.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.28 mb = 2266.33 m = 7435.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.28 mb = 5054.21 m = 16581.85 ft B at Equ Level: 110.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 389.28 mb = 7636.81 m = 25054.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 14.0 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -6.7 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 31.17 m/s