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: 44.55,-93.94 Latitude: 44.55 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 982 294 21.3 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 206 7 295.9 298.5 293.3 336.1 13.96 2 950 582 18.6 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 210 11 296.1 298.5 293.0 334.9 13.47 3 900 1045 16.6 14.2 86 2.4 15.1 240 9 298.6 300.7 292.2 331.8 11.39 4 850 1531 14.0 11.6 85 2.4 12.4 257 8 300.8 302.6 291.9 330.5 10.11 5 800 2040 11.2 6.9 75 4.3 8.6 279 9 303.1 304.5 290.7 326.4 7.81 6 750 2577 7.6 6.1 90 1.5 6.8 305 13 304.9 306.3 291.3 328.7 7.92 7 700 3142 4.0 -0.7 71 4.7 1.6 309 17 306.9 307.9 289.6 322.8 5.18 8 650 3740 0.5 -9.3 48 9.7 -3.6 314 19 309.5 310.0 288.3 318.7 2.91 9 600 4377 -3.2 -17.2 33 14.1 -7.9 305 23 312.5 312.8 288.1 317.9 1.65 10 550 5060 -7.3 -21.8 30 14.5 -11.6 300 27 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.5 1.22 11 500 5794 -12.5 -32.4 17 19.9 -16.6 304 30 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.50 12 450 6590 -18.1 -38.5 15 20.3 -21.4 308 33 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.31 13 400 7457 -24.7 -38.7 26 14.0 -26.6 311 36 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.34 14 350 8413 -32.3 -43.5 32 11.2 -33.4 315 40 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 15 300 9482 -40.5 -50.9 32 10.4 -41.1 316 45 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.12 16 250 10698 -49.3 -60.6 25 11.3 -49.6 310 55 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12143 -53.4 -68.9 13 15.5 -53.7 311 64 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13987 -54.6 -83.0 2 28.4 -55.0 316 59 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16553 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 326 40 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.96 m Freezing level: 643.76 mb = 3819.71 m = 12531.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.64 mb = 3320.99 m = 10895.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.03 mb = 617.99 m = 2027.50 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.79 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1284.30 m = 4213.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.50 mb = 983.40 m = 3226.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.50 mb = 2128.98 m = 6984.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.50 mb = 10921.66 m = 35831.79 ft B at Equ Level: 808.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.50 mb = 13128.52 m = 43072.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 327.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 15.91 Bulk Shear: 51.83 m/s