MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.11,-78.74 Latitude: 43.11 Longitude: -78.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 165 28.8 15.0 43 13.8 19.6 37 5 301.6 303.6 292.6 333.3 10.73 1 1000 202 27.3 13.5 43 13.8 18.3 38 4 300.4 302.2 291.5 329.1 9.74 2 950 652 22.6 12.3 52 10.3 16.0 44 5 300.1 301.9 291.2 328.1 9.50 3 900 1119 18.0 11.5 65 6.6 13.9 47 4 300.1 301.8 291.2 328.0 9.48 4 850 1604 13.5 9.8 78 3.7 11.2 41 3 300.3 301.9 290.7 326.7 8.96 5 800 2112 9.4 3.9 68 5.5 6.4 71 3 301.2 302.4 288.8 320.1 6.34 6 750 2643 5.9 -0.3 65 6.1 2.8 168 5 302.9 303.9 288.1 318.1 5.00 7 700 3205 3.1 -10.7 35 13.9 -2.4 211 4 306.0 306.4 286.6 313.6 2.41 8 650 3801 -0.3 -19.8 21 19.5 -6.5 263 4 308.6 308.8 286.2 312.6 1.22 9 600 4436 -3.2 -33.5 8 30.3 -10.0 237 3 312.5 312.5 286.6 313.8 0.38 10 550 5120 -6.9 -41.1 5 34.2 -13.1 235 4 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.6 0.19 11 500 5856 -11.2 -47.0 3 35.8 -16.5 253 7 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.8 0.11 12 450 6655 -17.0 -44.9 7 27.9 -20.8 257 9 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.16 13 400 7526 -24.1 -45.8 12 21.7 -26.5 262 13 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.16 14 350 8484 -31.0 -55.8 7 24.8 -32.7 264 15 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 15 300 9558 -39.9 -55.5 17 15.6 -40.7 266 18 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.07 16 250 10780 -48.0 -63.7 15 15.6 -48.4 259 33 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 12227 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.1 -53.9 257 45 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14064 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.7 259 38 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16605 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 271 25 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.20 m Freezing level: 654.90 mb = 3742.65 m = 12278.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.10 mb = 2940.59 m = 9647.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.04 mb = 1894.35 m = 6214.99 ft T: 11.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 2046.44 m = 6713.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 20.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.29 mb = 1942.97 m = 6374.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.29 mb = 2201.76 m = 7223.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 591.29 mb = 4551.31 m = 14931.95 ft B at Equ Level: 49.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.29 mb = 8060.33 m = 26444.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 9.84 m/s