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: 54.91,-84.61 Latitude: 54.91 Longitude: -84.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 997 60 27.9 17.9 54 10.0 20.9 215 5 301.3 303.7 294.2 339.6 13.02 2 950 481 24.6 15.1 56 9.5 18.2 237 20 302.1 304.3 293.3 336.0 11.44 3 900 952 20.2 14.3 68 6.0 16.3 243 28 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.2 11.42 4 850 1442 15.9 12.1 78 3.8 13.5 256 34 302.8 304.7 292.8 334.0 10.52 5 800 1954 11.7 7.7 76 4.0 9.3 278 44 303.7 305.2 291.3 328.5 8.29 6 750 2490 6.9 5.3 90 1.6 6.0 280 46 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.5 7.48 7 700 3054 3.5 1.1 84 2.4 2.2 287 50 306.3 307.4 290.1 324.4 5.92 8 650 3652 -0.3 -2.7 84 2.4 -1.4 290 53 308.7 309.6 289.9 323.6 4.83 9 600 4287 -4.2 -7.0 81 2.7 -5.4 287 53 311.2 311.9 289.7 323.2 3.78 10 550 4968 -8.7 -13.2 70 4.6 -10.3 285 54 313.8 314.3 289.3 322.0 2.51 11 500 5699 -13.7 -22.7 47 9.0 -16.2 283 54 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.5 1.23 12 450 6491 -19.1 -25.7 56 6.6 -20.7 285 54 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.8 1.05 13 400 7357 -25.1 -30.2 62 5.1 -26.0 291 51 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.78 14 350 8313 -32.2 -35.4 73 3.3 -32.6 285 51 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.53 15 300 9380 -41.7 -45.2 68 3.5 -41.9 287 52 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.23 16 250 10587 -52.3 -55.9 65 3.5 -52.4 294 57 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 17 200 12001 -56.9 -68.4 22 11.4 -57.1 301 60 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 13837 -52.9 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 308 40 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16453 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.3 319 29 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.50 m Freezing level: 653.64 mb = 3608.06 m = 11837.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.89 mb = 3408.39 m = 11182.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.42 C = 84.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.32 mb = 1328.70 m = 4359.20 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.69 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1766.47 m = 5795.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 39.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1725.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.89 mb = 1603.67 m = 5261.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.89 mb = 1965.51 m = 6448.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.89 mb = 11429.23 m = 37497.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1722.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.89 mb = 14333.62 m = 47025.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 459.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 459.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 10.03 Bulk Shear: 171.93 m/s