MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.05,-94.17 Latitude: 44.05 Longitude: -94.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 981 302 24.2 20.5 80 3.6 21.6 177 13 299.0 301.8 295.4 344.7 15.69 2 950 579 20.7 18.6 88 2.1 19.2 179 16 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.8 14.33 3 900 1046 18.6 13.5 72 5.1 15.3 232 19 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.6 10.86 4 850 1534 14.5 11.6 83 2.8 12.7 247 20 301.3 303.2 292.0 331.2 10.15 5 800 2043 10.3 7.8 84 2.5 8.8 263 21 302.1 303.7 290.8 326.9 8.32 6 750 2577 7.0 3.9 80 3.2 5.3 291 20 304.2 305.5 290.2 324.6 6.75 7 700 3141 3.3 1.0 85 2.3 2.1 313 19 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.0 5.87 8 650 3738 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 319 16 308.5 309.3 289.3 321.7 4.24 9 600 4374 -3.5 -13.6 45 10.1 -7.2 320 18 312.0 312.5 288.5 319.3 2.22 10 550 5056 -7.9 -27.5 19 19.5 -12.8 319 23 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.2 0.73 11 500 5788 -13.5 -27.2 31 13.7 -16.7 325 24 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.4 0.82 12 450 6581 -18.8 -37.1 18 18.3 -21.8 329 28 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.35 13 400 7446 -25.3 -44.0 16 18.7 -27.4 326 31 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.19 14 350 8400 -32.7 -50.3 16 17.6 -34.1 324 36 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.11 15 300 9467 -40.8 -54.3 22 13.6 -41.5 317 49 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 16 250 10683 -49.2 -61.7 22 12.5 -49.6 311 58 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.04 17 200 12133 -51.3 -71.7 7 20.5 -51.7 307 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13987 -54.7 -82.8 2 28.0 -55.1 314 60 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16551 -58.1 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 321 36 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.28 m Freezing level: 655.97 mb = 3666.69 m = 12029.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.28 mb = 3418.78 m = 11216.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.17 mb = 761.29 m = 2497.65 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 27.49 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.21 mb = 1411.94 m = 4632.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.53 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1593.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.75 mb = 1201.36 m = 3941.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.75 mb = 1546.00 m = 5072.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.75 mb = 10981.91 m = 36029.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1592.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.75 mb = 14039.70 m = 46061.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.6 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 327.6 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 13.63 Bulk Shear: 116.93 m/s