MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 44.37,-93.84 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -93.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 982 305 24.3 20.3 78 4.0 21.5 138 1 299.0 301.8 295.3 343.9 15.42 2 950 595 22.1 17.7 76 4.3 19.1 225 2 299.6 302.0 294.1 339.2 13.56 3 900 1062 17.6 16.7 95 0.9 17.0 239 4 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.42 4 850 1550 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.4 268 12 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.3 12.19 5 800 2060 10.2 9.5 95 0.8 9.8 280 15 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.8 9.35 6 750 2593 6.3 2.0 74 4.3 4.0 299 16 303.4 304.5 289.1 321.3 5.91 7 700 3155 3.4 -5.7 51 9.1 -0.7 313 14 306.2 306.9 287.9 317.3 3.56 8 650 3753 0.4 -8.8 50 9.2 -3.5 322 11 309.4 309.9 288.4 318.9 3.02 9 600 4391 -2.9 -18.1 30 15.2 -7.9 322 11 312.8 313.1 288.1 317.9 1.53 10 550 5076 -6.3 -24.2 23 17.9 -11.3 324 14 316.6 316.8 288.7 319.9 0.98 11 500 5813 -11.0 -26.7 26 15.8 -14.9 319 20 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.7 0.86 12 450 6615 -15.6 -40.3 10 24.7 -19.6 314 19 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.25 13 400 7492 -21.8 -40.2 17 18.4 -24.5 314 22 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.29 14 350 8460 -28.8 -33.7 63 4.8 -29.6 321 25 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.63 15 300 9544 -37.4 -42.9 56 5.6 -37.9 321 34 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.29 16 250 10773 -48.3 -52.4 62 4.1 -48.4 310 40 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12205 -56.3 -67.2 24 10.8 -56.5 312 47 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14037 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.5 -57.3 316 47 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.1 -61.3 325 29 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.61 m Freezing level: 644.44 mb = 3823.97 m = 12545.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.77 mb = 3065.46 m = 10057.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.39 mb = 812.68 m = 2666.23 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 26.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1175.99 m = 3858.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.21 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1314.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.60 mb = 1113.70 m = 3653.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.60 mb = 1257.90 m = 4126.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.60 mb = 11605.42 m = 38075.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1310.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.60 mb = 14486.36 m = 47526.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.3 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 337.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 61.14 Bulk Shear: 21.49 m/s