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: 44.57,-93.55 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 983 303 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.9 109 3 297.2 300.0 294.7 341.4 15.27 2 950 599 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 150 3 297.2 299.6 293.4 336.4 13.54 3 900 1062 16.2 14.7 91 1.5 15.2 280 7 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.3 11.73 4 850 1547 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 295 12 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.21 5 800 2055 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.1 297 14 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.8 8.71 6 750 2590 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.6 305 15 303.9 305.2 290.4 325.5 7.21 7 700 3153 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 314 16 306.3 307.4 290.3 325.0 6.15 8 650 3751 0.2 -2.6 81 2.9 -1.2 315 15 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.3 4.85 9 600 4389 -3.1 -10.3 57 7.3 -6.0 312 14 312.6 313.1 289.3 321.9 2.90 10 550 5074 -6.7 -21.9 29 15.2 -11.2 316 17 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.20 11 500 5810 -11.4 -30.0 20 18.6 -15.6 318 22 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.63 12 450 6612 -15.7 -40.4 10 24.7 -19.7 314 22 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.25 13 400 7488 -22.1 -38.1 22 15.9 -24.6 315 23 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.36 14 350 8454 -29.0 -33.1 67 4.1 -29.6 320 25 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.2 0.67 15 300 9538 -37.6 -42.0 64 4.3 -38.1 319 35 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.32 16 250 10766 -48.4 -53.3 56 4.9 -48.6 311 45 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.11 17 200 12197 -56.4 -67.3 24 10.9 -56.6 311 48 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 14029 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 316 47 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16567 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 325 29 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.02 m Freezing level: 646.55 mb = 3795.28 m = 12451.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.12 mb = 3553.72 m = 11659.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.50 mb = 612.09 m = 2008.14 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1051.24 m = 3448.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 627.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.59 mb = 990.31 m = 3249.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.59 mb = 1228.02 m = 4028.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.59 mb = 10959.28 m = 35955.22 ft B at Equ Level: 622.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.59 mb = 13135.50 m = 43094.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.3 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 340.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 16.19 Bulk Shear: 38.79 m/s