MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 45.66,-98.87 Latitude: 45.66 Longitude: -98.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 961 477 25.5 15.5 54 10.1 18.8 82 5 302.1 304.3 293.4 336.4 11.58 2 950 577 24.8 14.1 51 10.7 17.7 82 7 302.3 304.3 292.8 334.0 10.70 3 900 1048 20.3 12.8 62 7.4 15.5 80 7 302.4 304.3 292.6 333.2 10.40 4 850 1538 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.9 76 7 302.5 304.3 292.2 331.8 9.89 5 800 2050 12.9 -1.1 38 14.0 5.8 41 9 304.9 305.7 288.2 318.4 4.42 6 750 2587 9.1 -5.7 35 14.8 2.2 13 10 306.4 307.0 287.7 316.8 3.33 7 700 3154 5.9 -13.6 23 19.4 -1.7 350 10 309.0 309.3 287.1 315.2 1.92 8 650 3757 3.1 -23.6 12 26.7 -5.1 341 13 312.5 312.6 287.2 315.4 0.88 9 600 4400 -0.9 -24.8 14 23.9 -7.8 337 18 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.0 0.85 10 550 5087 -5.5 -27.7 16 22.2 -11.3 331 22 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.72 11 500 5827 -10.5 -32.8 14 22.4 -15.3 327 24 320.3 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.48 12 450 6629 -16.1 -42.8 8 26.7 -20.1 323 28 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 13 400 7502 -23.1 -48.1 8 25.0 -25.8 323 33 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.12 14 350 8465 -30.0 -54.9 7 25.0 -31.8 320 43 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 15 300 9545 -37.8 -55.4 14 17.6 -38.7 315 61 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 16 250 10777 -46.8 -60.8 19 14.0 -47.3 311 72 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.6 0.04 17 200 12228 -53.2 -72.6 8 19.3 -53.5 312 64 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14062 -57.3 -81.1 3 23.8 -57.6 315 58 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16600 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 331 39 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.53 m Freezing level: 610.98 mb = 4258.60 m = 13971.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.39 mb = 2906.86 m = 9536.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.26 mb = 1746.18 m = 5728.87 ft T: 14.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2377.26 m = 7799.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 17.85 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.71 mb = 1968.59 m = 6458.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.71 mb = 4630.81 m = 15192.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.71 mb = 9482.26 m = 31109.40 ft B at Equ Level: 177.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.71 mb = 11243.07 m = 36886.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.3 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 15.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -9.7 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.84 Bulk Shear: 37.33 m/s