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: 45.52,-93.98 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 979 314 23.7 19.5 77 4.2 20.8 242 3 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.6 14.76 2 950 575 21.8 17.6 77 4.3 18.9 250 6 299.3 301.8 293.9 338.5 13.41 3 900 1041 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.8 256 6 299.3 301.8 293.8 337.9 13.22 4 850 1527 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.3 291 7 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.21 5 800 2034 10.1 2.0 57 8.1 5.8 337 9 301.9 302.9 288.2 318.5 5.51 6 750 2569 8.4 -18.5 13 26.9 -1.0 325 12 305.7 305.9 285.1 309.5 1.18 7 700 3134 4.0 -7.5 43 11.6 -1.0 318 14 307.0 307.5 287.6 316.7 3.10 8 650 3731 -0.1 -10.2 46 10.1 -4.2 322 15 308.9 309.4 287.9 317.4 2.70 9 600 4366 -4.7 -15.3 43 10.7 -8.4 319 18 310.7 311.1 287.8 317.0 1.94 10 550 5046 -8.2 -23.1 29 14.9 -12.3 316 22 314.3 314.5 288.1 318.0 1.08 11 500 5779 -13.0 -23.6 40 10.7 -15.8 319 27 317.2 317.5 289.1 321.1 1.14 12 450 6572 -19.0 -33.7 26 14.7 -21.6 318 31 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.1 0.49 13 400 7437 -25.4 -36.6 34 11.2 -27.0 317 35 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.42 14 350 8390 -32.5 -38.7 54 6.3 -33.2 315 43 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.38 15 300 9458 -41.0 -44.6 69 3.5 -41.3 319 45 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.24 16 250 10669 -50.3 -56.6 47 6.3 -50.5 318 49 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 17 200 12115 -52.0 -71.8 8 19.8 -52.4 321 53 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 324 51 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16539 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 331 35 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.86 m Freezing level: 651.17 mb = 3717.46 m = 12196.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.24 mb = 2489.70 m = 8168.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.61 mb = 845.86 m = 2775.10 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 32.12 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1148.97 m = 3769.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 26.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1820.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.32 mb = 1114.18 m = 3655.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.32 mb = 1258.31 m = 4128.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.32 mb = 11285.29 m = 37024.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1807.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.32 mb = 14524.44 m = 47651.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 345.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 69.65 Bulk Shear: 26.14 m/s