MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.9,-93.43 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 974 367 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 172 6 294.2 296.6 292.5 332.9 13.54 2 950 587 21.7 15.0 66 6.7 17.2 208 19 299.2 301.3 292.3 332.4 11.35 3 900 1054 18.0 12.7 71 5.3 14.6 235 20 300.0 301.9 291.7 330.2 10.28 4 850 1540 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 242 21 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.5 9.81 5 800 2048 10.2 9.7 97 0.4 9.9 251 17 302.0 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.50 6 750 2583 7.1 6.8 98 0.3 6.9 287 14 304.3 305.8 291.5 329.1 8.28 7 700 3148 3.7 3.3 97 0.4 3.5 311 16 306.6 307.9 291.1 327.8 6.96 8 650 3747 0.5 -0.6 92 1.1 -0.1 317 17 309.5 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.63 9 600 4386 -3.5 -4.4 93 0.9 -3.9 316 20 312.1 313.0 290.7 326.7 4.62 10 550 5069 -7.6 -14.0 60 6.4 -9.9 315 26 315.1 315.5 289.6 322.8 2.35 11 500 5802 -12.7 -32.0 18 19.3 -16.7 316 26 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.52 12 450 6598 -18.2 -36.2 19 18.0 -21.2 320 31 320.4 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.39 13 400 7465 -24.7 -40.3 22 15.5 -26.8 322 38 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 14 350 8420 -32.5 -45.8 25 13.3 -33.7 322 45 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.18 15 300 9488 -40.5 -51.9 28 11.4 -41.1 318 50 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 16 250 10706 -48.9 -56.3 42 7.3 -49.2 312 59 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12151 -53.6 -68.1 16 14.4 -53.9 323 62 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 13996 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 324 59 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16560 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 325 35 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.22 m Freezing level: 643.92 mb = 3824.77 m = 12548.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.35 mb = 3730.30 m = 12238.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.58 mb = 464.17 m = 1522.86 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1719.26 m = 5640.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.62 mb = 1474.09 m = 4836.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.62 mb = 2031.42 m = 6664.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.62 mb = 10151.77 m = 33305.92 ft B at Equ Level: 493.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.62 mb = 12425.58 m = 40765.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 174.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 6.21 Bulk Shear: 80.35 m/s