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: 43.97,-93.59 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 977 346 19.2 18.2 94 1.0 18.5 170 6 294.4 296.8 292.6 333.2 13.61 2 950 587 22.0 14.7 63 7.3 17.2 212 19 299.5 301.6 292.3 332.1 11.12 3 900 1054 18.2 12.8 71 5.4 14.7 233 20 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.7 10.36 4 850 1540 13.9 11.4 85 2.5 12.3 243 20 300.7 302.5 291.7 330.1 9.99 5 800 2049 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 256 17 302.0 303.8 291.8 330.4 9.59 6 750 2584 7.1 6.5 96 0.5 6.8 288 15 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.7 8.15 7 700 3149 3.7 3.1 95 0.7 3.4 313 16 306.6 307.9 291.0 327.4 6.84 8 650 3747 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.3 320 17 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.5 5.52 9 600 4385 -3.3 -4.6 91 1.2 -3.9 316 20 312.3 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.54 10 550 5069 -7.5 -15.3 54 7.8 -10.3 316 25 315.1 315.5 289.4 322.1 2.11 11 500 5802 -12.6 -33.1 16 20.5 -16.8 317 26 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.3 0.47 12 450 6598 -18.3 -35.6 20 17.4 -21.2 320 31 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.41 13 400 7465 -24.7 -40.1 23 15.4 -26.7 322 39 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.29 14 350 8420 -32.5 -45.1 27 12.7 -33.6 321 46 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.19 15 300 9488 -40.4 -50.2 34 9.8 -41.0 317 51 328.4 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.13 16 250 10707 -48.9 -55.3 47 6.4 -49.1 312 60 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12153 -53.6 -68.1 15 14.5 -53.9 324 62 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13998 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 325 59 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16562 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 325 34 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.71 m Freezing level: 644.57 mb = 3816.58 m = 12521.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.76 mb = 3700.65 m = 12141.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.59 mb = 472.63 m = 1550.61 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1721.49 m = 5647.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 526.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.02 mb = 1490.23 m = 4889.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.02 mb = 2048.63 m = 6721.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.02 mb = 10192.32 m = 33438.97 ft B at Equ Level: 521.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.02 mb = 12481.24 m = 40948.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 75.51 m/s