MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.07,-92.08 Latitude: 44.07 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 979 335 21.3 17.1 77 4.2 18.5 203 12 296.2 298.5 292.4 332.6 12.63 2 950 591 17.7 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 205 14 295.1 297.2 291.3 328.4 11.60 3 900 1052 15.3 12.5 83 2.8 13.6 245 12 297.3 299.1 290.8 326.8 10.16 4 850 1534 12.3 10.2 87 2.1 11.0 265 13 299.0 300.7 290.6 326.0 9.21 5 800 2040 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.0 281 15 300.8 302.3 290.2 324.7 8.08 6 750 2573 5.8 4.1 89 1.7 4.9 292 17 302.9 304.2 289.8 323.5 6.86 7 700 3135 2.6 0.4 85 2.2 1.4 295 19 305.3 306.4 289.5 322.5 5.62 8 650 3730 -0.8 -6.2 67 5.4 -3.2 299 19 308.1 308.7 288.6 319.6 3.70 9 600 4365 -4.7 -13.2 52 8.5 -7.8 307 18 310.7 311.1 288.1 318.1 2.31 10 550 5044 -9.3 -18.2 49 8.8 -12.1 318 18 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.5 1.66 11 500 5772 -14.7 -22.3 52 7.7 -16.7 325 19 315.1 315.4 288.5 319.4 1.27 12 450 6562 -20.2 -30.3 40 10.1 -22.1 329 22 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 13 400 7423 -26.4 -39.3 29 12.9 -28.0 329 24 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.32 14 350 8372 -34.0 -47.2 25 13.3 -35.0 328 27 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.15 15 300 9432 -42.2 -54.0 27 11.8 -42.8 330 32 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.08 16 250 10642 -50.7 -59.8 33 9.1 -50.9 321 48 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 17 200 12084 -51.0 -76.5 3 25.5 -51.4 313 55 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13948 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 312 54 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.8 320 37 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.87 m Freezing level: 661.85 mb = 3589.07 m = 11775.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.60 mb = 3313.42 m = 10870.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.18 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.58 mb = 859.18 m = 2818.78 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1407.32 m = 4617.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.42 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 502.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.61 mb = 1140.26 m = 3740.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.61 mb = 1982.12 m = 6502.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.61 mb = 9995.00 m = 32791.59 ft B at Equ Level: 496.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.61 mb = 11905.35 m = 39059.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 327.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 8.54 Bulk Shear: 58.83 m/s