MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.22,-75.86 Latitude: 45.22 Longitude: -75.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 103 26.2 11.8 41 14.4 17.1 234 11 298.6 300.2 289.9 323.9 8.63 1 1000 176 24.1 10.2 42 13.9 15.6 235 12 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.1 7.84 2 950 620 19.4 8.9 50 10.6 13.1 236 14 296.9 298.3 288.4 318.9 7.55 3 900 1082 14.9 8.2 64 6.7 11.0 238 14 296.9 298.3 288.4 319.1 7.60 4 850 1561 10.2 7.2 81 3.0 8.5 241 15 296.8 298.2 288.3 318.7 7.50 5 800 2062 6.0 3.4 83 2.6 4.6 276 19 297.6 298.7 287.3 315.5 6.11 6 750 2587 2.5 -6.2 52 8.8 -1.2 287 18 299.3 299.9 284.9 309.1 3.20 7 700 3143 0.6 -10.4 44 11.0 -3.7 301 15 303.1 303.6 285.6 310.9 2.47 8 650 3734 -3.2 -9.6 61 6.4 -5.7 312 17 305.3 305.8 286.8 314.2 2.84 9 600 4361 -7.5 -17.1 46 9.6 -10.5 305 20 307.4 307.8 286.4 312.8 1.67 10 550 5033 -11.8 -20.7 48 8.9 -14.2 304 24 310.1 310.4 286.9 314.5 1.34 11 500 5756 -16.3 -28.5 34 12.2 -18.8 301 31 313.2 313.3 287.3 315.7 0.73 12 450 6539 -22.1 -34.3 32 12.2 -24.1 294 37 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.1 0.46 13 400 7393 -29.1 -36.9 47 7.8 -30.1 285 40 317.2 317.2 288.3 318.6 0.40 14 350 8330 -37.3 -45.5 42 8.2 -37.9 281 39 318.4 318.4 288.4 319.1 0.19 15 300 9376 -45.8 -54.0 39 8.3 -46.1 281 43 320.8 320.9 289.1 321.2 0.08 16 250 10568 -52.0 -61.7 30 9.7 -52.2 282 47 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.04 17 200 12011 -51.0 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.4 276 49 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13879 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 270 41 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 19 100 16485 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 275 29 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.21 m Freezing level: 692.27 mb = 3234.07 m = 10610.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.38 mb = 2475.27 m = 8120.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.06 mb = 1898.10 m = 6227.28 ft T: 7.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.18 mb = 1968.01 m = 6456.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 22.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.41 mb = 1924.98 m = 6315.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.41 mb = 2078.48 m = 6819.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.41 mb = 3046.59 m = 9995.25 ft B at Equ Level: 19.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.41 mb = 7242.19 m = 23760.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 63.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 31.39 m/s