MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.20,-77.60 Latitude: 45.20 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 174 SFC 979 362 24.3 13.9 52 10.4 17.5 257 10 299.3 301.2 291.5 329.3 10.25 2 950 621 21.1 12.1 57 8.9 15.4 260 14 298.6 300.3 290.6 326.0 9.39 3 900 1085 16.4 11.0 70 5.5 13.1 262 16 298.5 300.1 290.3 325.3 9.18 4 850 1568 11.8 9.8 88 2.0 10.6 265 16 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.8 9.00 5 800 2072 8.0 4.4 78 3.6 6.0 300 17 299.7 300.9 288.5 319.1 6.55 6 750 2602 4.5 0.6 76 3.8 2.5 325 19 301.4 302.4 287.9 317.5 5.34 7 700 3161 1.4 -3.1 72 4.5 -0.7 332 19 304.1 304.9 287.9 317.3 4.34 8 650 3754 -1.8 -6.8 68 5.1 -4.0 328 20 307.0 307.6 288.1 318.0 3.52 9 600 4386 -5.5 -15.8 44 10.3 -8.9 329 23 309.8 310.2 287.3 315.9 1.87 10 550 5063 -10.0 -20.9 40 10.9 -13.1 327 28 312.2 312.5 287.6 316.6 1.31 11 500 5790 -14.7 -35.6 15 20.9 -18.4 320 31 315.1 315.1 287.5 316.4 0.37 12 450 6579 -20.4 -40.7 15 20.2 -23.2 318 31 317.5 317.6 288.2 318.4 0.24 13 400 7438 -27.3 -42.0 24 14.6 -29.0 322 33 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.4 0.24 14 350 8382 -35.4 -49.8 22 14.4 -36.4 320 37 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.5 0.12 15 300 9435 -44.2 -55.1 29 10.8 -44.6 312 38 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.3 0.07 16 250 10633 -52.1 -62.1 29 10.0 -52.3 292 38 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.04 17 200 12066 -53.7 -70.3 11 16.6 -54.0 288 42 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13917 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 283 38 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16507 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 282 27 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.42 m Freezing level: 677.58 mb = 3426.64 m = 11242.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.60 mb = 3038.98 m = 9970.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.75 mb = 1669.05 m = 5475.80 ft T: 11.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1796.80 m = 5894.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.00 mb = 1746.24 m = 5729.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.00 mb = 1897.54 m = 6225.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.00 mb = 9959.47 m = 32675.03 ft B at Equ Level: 472.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.00 mb = 11844.98 m = 38861.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 41.88 m/s