MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.48,-94.55 Latitude: 44.48 Longitude: -94.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 979 312 23.8 20.6 82 3.2 21.5 158 4 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.6 15.74 2 950 578 22.9 16.8 69 6.1 18.7 187 10 300.4 302.7 293.8 337.8 12.77 3 900 1047 18.7 15.5 82 3.2 16.6 210 14 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.3 12.42 4 850 1535 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 230 17 301.4 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.92 5 800 2045 11.0 9.4 90 1.6 10.0 266 18 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.6 9.30 6 750 2581 7.5 4.7 82 2.8 5.9 290 18 304.7 306.0 290.6 326.2 7.14 7 700 3146 3.5 0.8 83 2.7 2.1 300 17 306.3 307.4 290.0 324.1 5.81 8 650 3743 0.6 -12.2 38 12.8 -4.3 306 16 309.7 310.1 287.8 317.1 2.31 9 600 4381 -2.8 -25.9 15 23.2 -9.1 315 19 312.9 313.0 287.3 315.5 0.77 10 550 5065 -7.0 -25.3 22 18.3 -11.9 316 23 315.8 316.0 288.3 318.8 0.89 11 500 5800 -12.2 -34.3 14 22.1 -16.6 316 24 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.7 0.42 12 450 6596 -17.7 -38.1 15 20.3 -21.0 315 29 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 13 400 7465 -24.4 -42.8 17 18.4 -26.6 314 33 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.22 14 350 8422 -32.1 -48.1 19 16.0 -33.5 315 39 325.4 325.4 290.6 325.9 0.14 15 300 9490 -40.7 -55.2 19 14.6 -41.4 315 44 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.07 16 250 10708 -48.8 -63.0 18 14.2 -49.2 311 58 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 17 200 12155 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.1 310 66 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14000 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.6 318 60 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16561 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 326 40 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.30 m Freezing level: 640.69 mb = 3861.97 m = 12670.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.86 mb = 3333.81 m = 10937.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.14 mb = 724.02 m = 2375.37 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 29.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1412.03 m = 4632.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.75 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.18 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1574.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.16 mb = 1305.17 m = 4282.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.16 mb = 1552.94 m = 5094.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.16 mb = 11300.66 m = 37075.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1559.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.16 mb = 14077.32 m = 46184.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 22.49 Bulk Shear: 70.01 m/s