MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.71,-94.10 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -94.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 979 308 23.9 20.3 81 3.5 21.4 161 1 298.8 301.6 295.3 344.0 15.53 2 950 574 22.8 16.5 68 6.3 18.5 219 5 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.1 12.54 3 900 1043 18.8 14.3 75 4.5 15.8 243 11 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.6 11.46 4 850 1530 14.5 12.7 89 1.9 13.3 261 14 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.4 10.89 5 800 2041 10.9 10.2 96 0.7 10.5 275 21 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.84 6 750 2576 6.8 4.5 85 2.3 5.5 291 23 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.2 7.05 7 700 3139 3.6 -6.2 49 9.8 -0.8 307 18 306.5 307.1 287.8 317.2 3.43 8 650 3736 0.0 -12.8 37 12.8 -4.8 312 17 309.0 309.4 287.4 316.0 2.19 9 600 4372 -3.7 -24.3 18 20.6 -9.5 311 18 311.8 312.0 287.1 314.9 0.89 10 550 5055 -7.4 -28.5 17 21.2 -12.5 314 21 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.66 11 500 5788 -12.8 -26.8 30 14.0 -16.2 322 24 317.5 317.6 288.9 320.4 0.85 12 450 6582 -18.7 -30.9 33 12.3 -21.1 324 28 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.1 0.64 13 400 7449 -24.8 -40.9 21 16.1 -26.8 323 34 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.27 14 350 8405 -31.9 -46.0 23 14.1 -33.2 324 38 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.18 15 300 9474 -40.8 -54.0 23 13.2 -41.5 322 44 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 16 250 10687 -49.6 -57.5 39 7.9 -49.8 316 51 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.06 17 200 12136 -52.0 -72.8 7 20.8 -52.4 313 64 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13979 -55.5 -82.4 2 26.9 -55.8 319 59 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16548 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.8 -58.2 329 37 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.35 m Freezing level: 649.58 mb = 3741.83 m = 12276.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.33 mb = 3065.60 m = 10057.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.31 mb = 755.64 m = 2479.09 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 29.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1508.77 m = 4949.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.09 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.14 mb = 1389.54 m = 4558.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.14 mb = 1638.58 m = 5375.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.14 mb = 11252.96 m = 36918.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1408.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.14 mb = 14015.97 m = 45983.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 33.81 Bulk Shear: 42.37 m/s