MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.75,-93.50 Latitude: 43.75 Longitude: -93.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 972 375 21.9 19.4 86 2.5 20.2 164 6 297.4 300.0 294.3 340.1 14.74 2 950 578 22.1 16.1 69 6.0 18.1 183 13 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.3 12.21 3 900 1046 18.4 13.1 71 5.3 15.0 224 18 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.6 10.58 4 850 1533 13.7 11.7 87 2.1 12.4 230 20 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.6 10.20 5 800 2041 10.3 7.6 84 2.6 8.7 258 20 302.1 303.6 290.7 326.6 8.24 6 750 2576 7.0 6.5 97 0.4 6.7 287 18 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.5 8.14 7 700 3140 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 309 18 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.6 6.95 8 650 3738 0.2 -0.4 96 0.6 -0.2 318 18 309.2 310.2 290.8 326.8 5.71 9 600 4376 -3.4 -8.4 68 5.0 -5.5 323 20 312.2 312.8 289.6 322.9 3.37 10 550 5058 -8.0 -19.3 40 11.2 -11.5 322 25 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.6 1.51 11 500 5791 -12.8 -31.6 19 18.8 -16.7 323 31 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.54 12 450 6586 -18.2 -37.3 17 19.0 -21.4 320 35 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.34 13 400 7453 -24.8 -40.1 23 15.4 -26.8 321 37 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 14 350 8409 -32.3 -45.7 25 13.4 -33.6 320 40 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.18 15 300 9476 -41.2 -52.3 29 11.1 -41.8 317 46 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.10 16 250 10690 -49.5 -58.7 33 9.2 -49.8 310 60 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12135 -52.7 -69.6 11 16.9 -53.0 311 68 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13985 -55.1 -82.1 2 27.0 -55.5 316 58 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16544 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 327 39 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.61 m Freezing level: 647.50 mb = 3770.28 m = 12369.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.18 mb = 3711.33 m = 12176.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.34 mb = 685.21 m = 2248.04 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1563.40 m = 5129.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.10 C = 77.18 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 948.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.76 mb = 1465.10 m = 4806.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.76 mb = 1714.44 m = 5624.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.76 mb = 10906.92 m = 35783.41 ft B at Equ Level: 934.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.76 mb = 13113.96 m = 43024.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 329.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 9.22 Bulk Shear: 102.77 m/s