MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.14,-95.69 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -95.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 962 457 22.9 20.5 87 2.4 21.2 77 2 299.4 302.3 295.8 346.1 16.01 2 950 563 23.4 19.0 76 4.5 20.4 182 4 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.2 14.71 3 900 1034 20.4 16.2 77 4.2 17.5 230 15 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.0 12.99 4 850 1525 15.9 14.9 94 1.0 15.3 239 18 302.8 305.1 294.4 340.3 12.65 5 800 2038 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.0 252 20 305.1 307.3 294.4 340.4 11.81 6 750 2579 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 282 25 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.64 7 700 3147 5.0 1.5 78 3.5 3.1 299 27 308.1 309.2 290.8 326.8 6.11 8 650 3750 2.6 -7.5 47 10.1 -1.9 312 25 311.9 312.5 289.5 322.6 3.34 9 600 4392 -1.4 -16.0 32 14.6 -6.7 315 23 314.5 314.8 288.9 320.5 1.82 10 550 5078 -6.2 -24.1 23 17.9 -11.2 313 22 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.2 0.99 11 500 5816 -10.9 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.1 314 24 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.73 12 450 6617 -16.7 -35.2 18 18.5 -20.0 318 29 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.43 13 400 7489 -23.2 -43.6 14 20.4 -25.7 318 33 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.20 14 350 8450 -30.8 -48.5 16 17.7 -32.4 320 41 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.13 15 300 9527 -38.6 -52.5 22 13.9 -39.4 315 60 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 16 250 10756 -47.3 -58.5 26 11.2 -47.7 306 79 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.06 17 200 12203 -53.4 -72.1 8 18.7 -53.8 309 80 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14038 -56.7 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 314 65 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16584 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 328 40 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.86 m Freezing level: 617.80 mb = 4163.33 m = 13659.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.99 mb = 3515.45 m = 11533.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.23 mb = 755.31 m = 2478.03 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1502.92 m = 4930.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.31 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 38.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1647.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.90 mb = 1395.26 m = 4577.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.90 mb = 1747.91 m = 5734.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.90 mb = 11647.21 m = 38212.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1632.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.90 mb = 14565.91 m = 47787.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 245.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.02 Bulk Rich Number: 24.99 Bulk Shear: 65.95 m/s