MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 45.18,-94.61 Latitude: 45.18 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 974 356 24.7 19.0 70 5.8 20.7 214 4 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.0 14.31 2 950 576 21.7 17.4 76 4.3 18.8 216 5 299.2 301.7 293.8 338.0 13.28 3 900 1043 17.1 16.2 94 0.9 16.5 221 5 299.2 301.5 293.6 337.1 12.99 4 850 1529 13.6 12.1 91 1.5 12.7 270 14 300.4 302.3 292.1 331.4 10.53 5 800 2037 10.4 5.7 72 4.8 7.7 279 16 302.3 303.6 289.9 323.7 7.18 6 750 2572 8.3 -6.3 35 14.6 1.7 280 18 305.6 306.2 287.2 315.4 3.17 7 700 3138 4.4 -9.5 36 13.9 -1.4 288 15 307.4 307.9 287.3 315.8 2.67 8 650 3735 -0.0 -11.1 43 11.1 -4.4 298 15 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.0 2.52 9 600 4371 -4.1 -18.7 31 14.6 -8.8 308 17 311.4 311.6 287.5 316.2 1.46 10 550 5052 -7.7 -29.5 16 21.7 -12.9 316 21 314.9 315.0 287.8 317.0 0.60 11 500 5784 -12.9 -33.6 16 20.6 -17.0 323 23 317.3 317.3 288.3 318.9 0.45 12 450 6578 -19.0 -33.2 27 14.2 -21.6 324 27 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.52 13 400 7444 -24.7 -41.8 19 17.1 -26.8 324 30 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.24 14 350 8399 -32.7 -43.4 33 10.8 -33.7 322 37 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.23 15 300 9464 -41.7 -51.4 34 9.8 -42.2 324 41 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 16 250 10675 -49.7 -60.5 27 10.8 -50.0 318 48 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12122 -52.8 -69.9 11 17.1 -53.1 313 63 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 13967 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 315 60 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16538 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 323 36 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.28 m Freezing level: 650.33 mb = 3731.37 m = 12241.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.75 mb = 2875.51 m = 9433.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.01 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.63 mb = 1084.07 m = 3556.60 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 26.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1191.56 m = 3909.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.49 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 24.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1645.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.73 mb = 1168.95 m = 3835.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.73 mb = 1217.02 m = 3992.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.73 mb = 11166.73 m = 36635.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1638.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.73 mb = 14326.21 m = 47001.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 329.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 46.55 Bulk Shear: 35.35 m/s