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: 44.64,-95.32 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 977 316 23.0 21.7 92 1.3 22.1 108 5 298.1 301.2 296.0 347.3 16.93 2 950 560 22.8 18.1 75 4.7 19.5 98 3 300.3 302.8 294.5 340.9 13.85 3 900 1030 20.3 16.0 76 4.3 17.4 297 8 302.5 304.8 294.4 340.4 12.83 4 850 1521 16.2 14.3 89 1.9 15.0 293 16 303.1 305.4 294.1 339.3 12.18 5 800 2035 12.3 11.1 93 1.1 11.6 291 21 304.2 306.1 293.2 335.4 10.45 6 750 2572 7.9 3.9 76 4.0 5.6 300 22 305.2 306.4 290.5 325.6 6.76 7 700 3137 4.7 -8.2 39 12.8 -0.9 312 21 307.6 308.2 287.7 316.9 2.95 8 650 3737 1.5 -18.6 21 20.1 -5.3 321 19 310.6 310.9 287.1 315.1 1.35 9 600 4377 -1.6 -25.7 14 24.0 -8.4 321 21 314.2 314.4 287.7 316.9 0.79 10 550 5063 -6.2 -25.6 20 19.3 -11.5 325 21 316.7 316.9 288.6 319.7 0.87 11 500 5800 -11.5 -28.4 23 16.9 -15.5 329 22 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.74 12 450 6598 -17.3 -35.1 20 17.9 -20.5 327 24 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.43 13 400 7468 -24.0 -43.8 14 19.7 -26.4 323 26 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.20 14 350 8426 -31.7 -48.2 18 16.5 -33.1 326 27 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 15 300 9496 -40.8 -53.4 25 12.6 -41.4 322 30 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.09 16 250 10711 -48.8 -59.3 29 10.4 -49.1 311 43 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 17 200 12163 -52.4 -70.1 10 17.7 -52.7 312 55 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14005 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 316 59 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16561 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 328 40 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.75 m Freezing level: 626.26 mb = 4041.04 m = 13257.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.99 mb = 3056.05 m = 10026.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.58 mb = 481.65 m = 1580.19 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 32.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.51 mb = 1526.21 m = 5007.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.45 C Showalter Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 29.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1892.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.69 mb = 1275.39 m = 4184.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.69 mb = 1726.07 m = 5662.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.69 mb = 11552.02 m = 37899.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1875.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.69 mb = 14922.43 m = 48957.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 344.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 71.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 33.40 Bulk Shear: 56.65 m/s