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: 44.71,-94.23 Latitude: 44.71 Longitude: -94.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 315 23.1 19.8 82 3.2 20.8 186 4 298.0 300.7 294.7 341.7 15.05 2 950 580 22.2 15.6 66 6.6 17.8 207 10 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.2 11.79 3 900 1047 17.9 14.5 81 3.4 15.6 218 12 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.8 11.58 4 850 1534 14.3 11.7 84 2.7 12.6 255 15 301.1 303.0 292.0 331.2 10.19 5 800 2044 11.0 8.0 81 3.0 9.2 279 17 302.9 304.4 291.2 328.0 8.42 6 750 2580 7.3 4.9 85 2.4 5.9 302 17 304.5 305.9 290.7 326.4 7.26 7 700 3144 3.3 0.9 85 2.4 2.0 302 17 306.1 307.2 289.9 323.9 5.85 8 650 3741 0.6 -8.2 52 8.8 -3.2 304 17 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.6 3.16 9 600 4378 -3.6 -22.3 22 18.7 -9.1 309 19 312.0 312.2 287.3 315.6 1.06 10 550 5061 -7.2 -29.0 16 21.8 -12.5 312 23 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.63 11 500 5795 -12.4 -33.2 16 20.8 -16.6 315 25 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.6 0.47 12 450 6591 -18.0 -33.6 24 15.6 -20.9 315 29 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.50 13 400 7459 -24.8 -40.1 23 15.3 -26.8 314 32 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 14 350 8414 -32.6 -46.8 23 14.3 -33.8 316 38 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.16 15 300 9482 -40.9 -53.8 24 12.9 -41.6 316 44 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.08 16 250 10696 -49.5 -61.8 22 12.3 -49.8 313 51 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 17 200 12142 -52.7 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.1 310 60 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13988 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 319 59 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16554 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 326 40 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.74 m Freezing level: 642.90 mb = 3831.67 m = 12570.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.71 mb = 3369.20 m = 11053.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.11 mb = 726.04 m = 2381.99 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 26.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1551.26 m = 5089.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1089.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.03 mb = 1355.24 m = 4446.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.03 mb = 1908.06 m = 6259.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.03 mb = 10879.55 m = 35693.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.03 mb = 13453.81 m = 44139.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 116.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 20.13 Bulk Shear: 54.13 m/s