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: 44.95,-92.56 Latitude: 44.95 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 979 315 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 195 7 297.3 299.9 294.1 339.1 14.44 2 950 576 20.6 17.8 84 2.8 18.7 203 13 298.1 300.6 293.7 337.8 13.66 3 900 1041 16.7 16.2 97 0.4 16.4 221 12 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.5 13.00 4 850 1526 13.1 11.8 92 1.3 12.3 264 10 299.9 301.8 291.7 330.1 10.31 5 800 2033 9.3 4.5 72 4.8 6.6 302 15 301.1 302.3 289.0 320.7 6.60 6 750 2566 7.2 -7.8 34 14.9 0.7 313 14 304.4 304.9 286.5 313.2 2.84 7 700 3129 3.9 -8.4 40 12.4 -1.3 312 16 306.8 307.4 287.4 315.9 2.89 8 650 3727 0.5 -10.2 45 10.7 -3.8 311 19 309.5 310.0 288.1 318.1 2.71 9 600 4364 -3.9 -11.4 56 7.6 -6.8 313 21 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.2 2.66 10 550 5045 -8.8 -17.7 49 8.9 -11.6 307 21 313.7 314.0 288.5 319.4 1.73 11 500 5774 -14.0 -25.8 36 11.7 -16.9 309 22 316.0 316.1 288.5 319.2 0.94 12 450 6566 -19.4 -28.1 46 8.7 -21.2 320 26 318.9 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.84 13 400 7429 -26.0 -33.6 49 7.6 -27.2 315 31 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.2 0.56 14 350 8381 -33.1 -43.1 36 9.9 -34.1 317 33 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.24 15 300 9445 -41.9 -47.5 54 5.6 -42.3 322 37 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 16 250 10651 -51.6 -56.9 53 5.3 -51.8 319 42 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.07 17 200 12089 -52.0 -70.1 10 18.2 -52.3 320 48 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 13945 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 318 49 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16522 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 326 34 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.29 m Freezing level: 644.45 mb = 3797.79 m = 12459.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.38 mb = 2759.88 m = 9054.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.52 mb = 717.13 m = 2352.76 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 25.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.41 mb = 1046.39 m = 3433.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 26.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1832.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.47 mb = 998.25 m = 3275.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.47 mb = 1140.77 m = 3742.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.47 mb = 11202.93 m = 36754.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1826.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.47 mb = 14407.42 m = 47267.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 29.72 Bulk Shear: 61.63 m/s