MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.93,-92.44 Latitude: 43.93 Longitude: -92.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 975 371 18.2 17.5 95 0.8 17.7 202 5 293.5 295.8 291.9 330.5 12.99 2 950 592 20.7 16.1 75 4.5 17.7 236 16 298.1 300.4 292.7 333.7 12.24 3 900 1058 17.6 14.1 80 3.5 15.3 259 19 299.7 301.7 292.4 332.7 11.29 4 850 1544 13.5 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 272 20 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.2 9.85 5 800 2052 10.0 7.2 82 2.8 8.3 290 17 301.8 303.3 290.4 325.5 7.96 6 750 2585 6.4 3.9 84 2.5 5.1 303 14 303.6 304.8 290.0 324.0 6.78 7 700 3148 2.9 0.8 86 2.1 1.8 304 15 305.7 306.7 289.8 323.3 5.79 8 650 3744 -1.0 -3.1 85 2.1 -2.0 305 18 307.8 308.7 289.5 322.3 4.67 9 600 4379 -4.4 -5.8 90 1.3 -5.1 304 21 311.0 311.8 290.0 324.0 4.14 10 550 5059 -8.9 -13.4 70 4.5 -10.5 311 25 313.5 314.0 289.2 321.6 2.48 11 500 5791 -12.7 -26.5 31 13.8 -16.0 314 27 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.7 0.88 12 450 6586 -18.3 -29.7 36 11.4 -20.7 315 31 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.73 13 400 7453 -25.0 -38.8 27 13.8 -26.9 314 35 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.33 14 350 8407 -32.8 -43.8 32 11.1 -33.8 315 39 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.22 15 300 9473 -41.0 -51.0 33 10.0 -41.6 315 46 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.12 16 250 10688 -49.4 -60.1 28 10.7 -49.7 314 54 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 17 200 12132 -53.5 -69.0 13 15.5 -53.8 319 58 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 13977 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 322 54 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16545 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 331 37 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.56 m Freezing level: 663.11 mb = 3587.75 m = 11770.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3420.72 m = 11222.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.10 mb = 464.78 m = 1524.84 ft T: 19.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1497.09 m = 4911.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.88 C = 76.78 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 887.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.32 mb = 1274.86 m = 4182.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.32 mb = 1821.06 m = 5974.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.32 mb = 10625.94 m = 34861.59 ft B at Equ Level: 883.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.32 mb = 13087.31 m = 42936.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.2 neg: -4.0 tot: 127.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 21.18 Bulk Shear: 41.92 m/s