MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 48.65,-91.01 Latitude: 48.65 Longitude: -91.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 963 457 18.8 16.2 85 2.6 17.1 278 7 295.2 297.4 291.7 330.0 12.13 2 950 570 17.2 15.1 88 2.1 15.8 280 7 294.6 296.6 290.9 327.3 11.43 3 900 1030 13.7 12.4 92 1.2 12.9 304 12 295.6 297.4 290.2 324.7 10.11 4 850 1509 10.3 7.5 83 2.8 8.7 313 19 296.9 298.3 288.5 319.3 7.68 5 800 2011 7.5 4.8 83 2.7 6.0 310 22 299.1 300.3 288.4 319.0 6.73 6 750 2540 4.3 1.7 83 2.6 2.9 313 24 301.2 302.3 288.2 318.4 5.76 7 700 3098 0.6 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.7 315 24 303.1 304.0 287.8 317.2 4.63 8 650 3689 -2.8 -5.7 80 2.9 -4.1 321 25 305.8 306.5 288.0 317.7 3.84 9 600 4320 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.3 -6.8 324 29 309.3 310.0 288.8 320.1 3.43 10 550 4997 -10.0 -12.7 81 2.7 -11.0 322 32 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.6 2.61 11 500 5724 -15.0 -18.0 78 3.0 -15.9 316 35 314.8 315.1 289.0 320.9 1.86 12 450 6513 -20.6 -24.0 74 3.5 -21.4 307 38 317.4 317.6 289.2 321.5 1.22 13 400 7373 -26.9 -31.2 67 4.3 -27.6 299 42 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.6 0.71 14 350 8319 -34.9 -39.4 63 4.5 -35.4 300 46 321.7 321.7 289.6 323.0 0.36 15 300 9376 -43.5 -47.4 65 3.9 -43.7 301 44 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.18 16 250 10573 -53.3 -58.6 52 5.4 -53.4 312 47 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 17 200 12002 -53.7 -72.9 8 19.2 -54.0 329 37 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13854 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 331 38 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.1 0.00 19 100 16468 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 335 26 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.90 m Freezing level: 691.19 mb = 3202.16 m = 10505.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.21 mb = 2980.90 m = 9779.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.91 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.27 mb = 785.21 m = 2576.13 ft T: 15.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1219.20 m = 3999.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.76 C = 67.57 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 29.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.66 mb = 1135.99 m = 3726.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.66 mb = 1375.15 m = 4511.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.66 mb = 9515.83 m = 31219.52 ft B at Equ Level: 337.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.66 mb = 11578.58 m = 37987.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.9 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 345.9 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.62 Bulk Shear: 44.47 m/s