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: 44.98,-96.26 Latitude: 44.98 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 976 333 25.0 19.7 72 5.3 21.2 19 4 300.2 302.9 295.3 343.9 14.93 2 950 573 23.4 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 19 6 300.9 303.4 294.4 340.3 13.42 3 900 1042 18.8 16.6 87 2.3 17.3 21 5 300.9 303.3 294.3 339.9 13.28 4 850 1531 15.3 11.7 79 3.6 13.0 307 7 302.2 304.1 292.4 332.5 10.23 5 800 2042 11.8 7.5 75 4.4 9.2 285 11 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.2 8.15 6 750 2579 8.7 -1.8 48 10.5 3.4 298 12 306.0 306.8 288.6 319.7 4.46 7 700 3146 4.9 -7.2 41 12.1 -0.4 310 13 307.9 308.5 288.1 317.9 3.17 8 650 3745 1.1 -15.0 29 16.1 -4.8 315 15 310.2 310.5 287.5 316.1 1.83 9 600 4384 -2.1 -23.5 18 21.3 -8.4 318 20 313.6 313.8 287.7 316.9 0.96 10 550 5069 -6.5 -20.1 33 13.6 -10.8 323 23 316.4 316.6 289.1 321.1 1.41 11 500 5806 -12.0 -22.6 41 10.6 -15.0 326 28 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.6 1.25 12 450 6603 -17.8 -32.7 26 14.9 -20.6 328 33 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.8 0.54 13 400 7472 -24.1 -41.6 18 17.4 -26.3 327 36 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 14 350 8432 -31.0 -51.0 12 20.0 -32.6 326 40 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.10 15 300 9504 -39.9 -54.4 20 14.5 -40.6 322 44 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 16 250 10729 -46.9 -63.0 14 16.1 -47.4 310 63 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12185 -53.0 -70.7 10 17.7 -53.3 313 67 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14022 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 320 62 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 331 40 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.69 m Freezing level: 633.17 mb = 3960.17 m = 12992.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.80 mb = 3078.07 m = 10098.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.14 mb = 1011.97 m = 3320.07 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 27.79 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1450.72 m = 4759.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 26.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1558.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.96 mb = 1312.82 m = 4307.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.96 mb = 1661.30 m = 5450.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.96 mb = 11359.66 m = 37268.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1540.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.96 mb = 14594.19 m = 47880.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 349.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 60.75 Bulk Shear: 25.66 m/s