MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.06,-77.60 Latitude: 45.06 Longitude: -77.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 190 SFC 981 359 24.1 12.9 50 11.2 17.0 261 10 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.0 9.59 2 950 636 19.9 10.9 56 9.0 14.3 263 15 297.4 298.9 289.5 322.5 8.62 3 900 1098 15.3 9.8 70 5.5 12.0 265 16 297.2 298.8 289.3 321.9 8.46 4 850 1579 10.5 8.6 88 2.0 9.4 268 17 297.2 298.7 289.1 321.2 8.25 5 800 2080 6.9 2.0 71 4.9 4.4 301 18 298.5 299.5 287.1 314.9 5.52 6 750 2607 3.5 -3.6 60 7.1 0.3 310 18 300.4 301.1 286.1 312.3 3.91 7 700 3164 0.4 -6.1 62 6.5 -2.4 312 20 302.9 303.6 286.6 313.6 3.46 8 650 3755 -2.8 -10.0 58 7.2 -5.6 312 22 305.8 306.3 286.9 314.5 2.75 9 600 4385 -6.3 -15.4 48 9.1 -9.4 309 24 308.9 309.2 287.1 315.1 1.92 10 550 5060 -10.3 -23.4 33 13.1 -13.7 305 27 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.4 1.05 11 500 5786 -15.3 -28.4 32 13.1 -18.1 304 30 314.4 314.6 287.8 317.0 0.74 12 450 6573 -21.3 -33.5 33 12.1 -23.4 301 33 316.4 316.5 288.2 318.2 0.50 13 400 7428 -28.5 -41.1 29 12.5 -29.9 300 34 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.9 0.26 14 350 8368 -36.4 -51.2 20 14.8 -37.3 302 35 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.0 0.10 15 300 9418 -44.5 -57.4 22 12.9 -45.0 302 37 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.8 0.05 16 250 10617 -51.4 -63.5 22 12.1 -51.7 289 43 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 17 200 12052 -53.3 -69.4 12 16.1 -53.6 278 50 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13906 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 273 45 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16501 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 279 29 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.98 m Freezing level: 693.67 mb = 3238.86 m = 10626.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.68 mb = 2664.78 m = 8742.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.53 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.13 mb = 1754.54 m = 5756.30 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1802.23 m = 5912.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.35 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 27.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 224.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.27 mb = 1773.03 m = 5816.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.27 mb = 1923.90 m = 6311.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.27 mb = 9299.00 m = 30508.17 ft B at Equ Level: 221.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.27 mb = 11007.62 m = 36113.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 8.89 Bulk Shear: 25.21 m/s