MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 54.70,-84.37 Latitude: 54.70 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 995 75 28.9 17.6 50 11.4 21.1 240 11 302.5 304.8 294.4 340.3 12.79 2 950 486 24.9 15.4 56 9.5 18.5 244 21 302.4 304.6 293.6 336.9 11.65 3 900 958 20.4 14.3 68 6.1 16.4 246 27 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.4 11.44 4 850 1448 15.9 12.4 80 3.5 13.7 256 34 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.7 10.74 5 800 1960 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 277 43 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.4 8.59 6 750 2496 7.0 5.4 90 1.5 6.1 282 45 304.1 305.5 290.8 326.8 7.55 7 700 3060 3.4 0.7 82 2.7 2.0 287 48 306.2 307.3 289.9 323.7 5.74 8 650 3657 -0.5 -2.8 84 2.3 -1.6 291 50 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.3 4.78 9 600 4293 -4.4 -6.5 86 2.1 -5.3 289 50 311.0 311.7 289.8 323.4 3.93 10 550 4973 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.3 287 51 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.0 3.26 11 500 5704 -13.8 -16.1 83 2.3 -14.5 285 52 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.4 2.18 12 450 6496 -19.4 -22.9 74 3.5 -20.3 285 53 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.4 1.34 13 400 7361 -25.1 -27.9 77 2.8 -25.7 290 49 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.96 14 350 8317 -31.8 -34.9 74 3.0 -32.3 283 49 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.9 0.56 15 300 9385 -41.6 -44.9 70 3.3 -41.8 286 52 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.23 16 250 10592 -52.6 -56.1 65 3.5 -52.7 291 54 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 17 200 12005 -57.2 -69.4 20 12.2 -57.4 302 57 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13839 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 307 39 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16454 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.5 319 30 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.59 m Freezing level: 656.17 mb = 3583.60 m = 11757.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.67 mb = 3380.92 m = 11092.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.74 mb = 1510.29 m = 4954.97 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.04 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.26 mb = 1769.27 m = 5804.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.98 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 26.25 C K Index: 39.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1868.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.35 mb = 1655.58 m = 5431.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.35 mb = 1914.09 m = 6279.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.35 mb = 11566.21 m = 37946.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1863.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.35 mb = 14549.71 m = 47734.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 375.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.81 Bulk Rich Number: 14.39 Bulk Shear: 129.86 m/s