MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.70,-94.29 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 976 339 22.7 16.6 68 6.1 18.6 201 9 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.5 12.24 2 950 573 23.3 13.3 54 10.0 16.8 213 23 300.8 302.7 291.9 330.7 10.16 3 900 1041 19.0 11.3 61 7.7 14.1 222 26 301.1 302.8 291.3 328.7 9.36 4 850 1528 14.6 9.5 71 5.2 11.5 232 25 301.5 303.1 291.0 327.5 8.78 5 800 2039 11.8 6.2 68 5.6 8.5 256 19 303.7 305.1 290.6 326.1 7.44 6 750 2576 8.3 4.0 74 4.3 5.9 277 14 305.6 306.9 290.6 326.3 6.82 7 700 3142 4.1 1.7 84 2.4 2.8 299 13 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.0 6.19 8 650 3740 0.2 -3.9 74 4.1 -1.7 305 11 309.2 310.0 289.6 322.9 4.40 9 600 4378 -3.1 -6.5 77 3.4 -4.6 318 12 312.6 313.3 290.3 325.0 3.93 10 550 5062 -7.1 -19.1 38 11.9 -10.9 321 16 315.6 315.9 289.0 320.8 1.54 11 500 5797 -12.8 -23.3 41 10.5 -15.6 323 19 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.4 1.17 12 450 6590 -19.1 -24.4 63 5.3 -20.4 324 21 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.3 1.18 13 400 7456 -25.1 -27.8 78 2.7 -25.6 322 24 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.97 14 350 8413 -31.3 -34.3 74 3.1 -31.7 324 31 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.8 0.60 15 300 9488 -39.1 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.4 321 42 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 16 250 10711 -49.5 -53.1 66 3.6 -49.7 318 57 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12151 -52.6 -69.2 12 16.7 -52.9 306 76 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14004 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 318 58 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16565 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 324 38 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.28 m Freezing level: 646.79 mb = 3781.36 m = 12405.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.01 mb = 3507.55 m = 11507.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.89 mb = 1118.24 m = 3668.71 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 7.39 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2326.11 m = 7631.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.51 mb = 1835.94 m = 6023.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.51 mb = 3089.27 m = 10135.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.51 mb = 8728.94 m = 28637.90 ft B at Equ Level: 264.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.51 mb = 11405.07 m = 37417.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 55.36 m/s