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: 45.39,-93.66 Latitude: 45.39 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 294 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.5 235 4 298.2 300.8 294.3 340.0 14.40 2 950 575 21.4 17.5 78 3.9 18.7 242 7 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.32 3 900 1041 17.1 16.1 94 1.0 16.4 251 8 299.1 301.4 293.5 336.7 12.89 4 850 1527 13.5 11.0 85 2.5 12.0 297 9 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.0 9.76 5 800 2034 9.9 2.8 61 7.1 6.1 318 10 301.7 302.8 288.5 319.3 5.86 6 750 2569 8.5 -16.5 15 25.0 -0.6 317 13 305.8 306.0 285.4 310.3 1.40 7 700 3133 4.0 -8.4 40 12.4 -1.3 312 15 306.9 307.4 287.4 316.0 2.90 8 650 3731 -0.2 -10.6 45 10.5 -4.4 316 16 308.8 309.3 287.8 317.1 2.61 9 600 4365 -4.7 -14.6 46 9.9 -8.2 316 18 310.7 311.0 287.9 317.3 2.05 10 550 5045 -8.4 -24.2 27 15.9 -12.6 314 22 314.2 314.4 287.9 317.5 0.98 11 500 5777 -13.0 -23.2 42 10.2 -15.7 315 27 317.1 317.4 289.1 321.2 1.18 12 450 6570 -19.2 -31.7 32 12.5 -21.5 316 31 319.1 319.3 289.1 321.3 0.60 13 400 7435 -25.4 -38.7 28 13.3 -27.2 317 35 322.0 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.34 14 350 8389 -32.4 -41.8 39 9.3 -33.4 315 42 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 15 300 9456 -41.2 -45.7 62 4.4 -41.6 318 45 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.21 16 250 10665 -50.6 -56.5 50 5.9 -50.8 319 49 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 17 200 12110 -52.1 -72.1 7 20.0 -52.5 320 54 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 13958 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 323 51 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16536 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 330 35 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.74 m Freezing level: 652.10 mb = 3705.52 m = 12157.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.68 mb = 2517.18 m = 8258.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.29 mb = 829.96 m = 2722.92 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 29.70 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1155.97 m = 3792.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 25.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1684.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.15 mb = 1096.23 m = 3596.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.15 mb = 1240.04 m = 4068.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.15 mb = 11228.90 m = 36839.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1671.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.15 mb = 13994.40 m = 45912.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 57.36 Bulk Shear: 29.36 m/s