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: 45.37,-75.89 Latitude: 45.37 Longitude: -75.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 101 26.9 12.9 42 14.0 17.9 258 11 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.7 9.32 1 1000 167 25.6 11.8 42 13.8 16.9 258 13 298.7 300.3 290.0 324.2 8.70 2 950 614 21.0 10.6 51 10.5 14.6 260 16 298.5 300.1 289.8 323.3 8.45 3 900 1078 16.5 9.5 63 7.0 12.3 260 17 298.5 300.0 289.6 322.8 8.28 4 850 1561 11.8 8.6 80 3.3 9.9 262 17 298.5 300.0 289.6 322.7 8.25 5 800 2064 7.3 4.5 82 2.8 5.8 274 18 298.9 300.1 288.2 318.4 6.60 6 750 2592 4.0 -1.0 70 4.9 1.5 303 20 300.9 301.7 287.1 315.2 4.75 7 700 3150 0.9 -6.0 60 6.9 -2.1 312 21 303.5 304.1 286.8 314.2 3.49 8 650 3742 -2.3 -9.8 56 7.6 -5.3 315 21 306.4 306.9 287.1 315.2 2.79 9 600 4372 -6.4 -15.0 51 8.6 -9.4 316 24 308.7 309.1 287.1 315.1 1.99 10 550 5047 -10.9 -19.8 48 8.9 -13.5 315 29 311.2 311.5 287.4 316.0 1.45 11 500 5771 -15.9 -29.2 31 13.3 -18.7 313 34 313.7 313.8 287.4 316.0 0.68 12 450 6556 -21.5 -41.9 14 20.4 -24.1 308 38 316.2 316.2 287.8 317.0 0.21 13 400 7412 -28.3 -43.4 22 15.0 -29.9 310 39 318.1 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.21 14 350 8352 -36.4 -47.6 30 11.2 -37.1 311 42 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.15 15 300 9402 -44.9 -56.2 27 11.3 -45.3 302 43 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.06 16 250 10599 -51.1 -62.2 26 11.1 -51.4 290 45 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.04 17 200 12041 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.1 285 46 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13901 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 275 42 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16497 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 280 26 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.60 m Freezing level: 685.83 mb = 3317.54 m = 10884.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.76 mb = 2824.38 m = 9266.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.93 mb = 1849.89 m = 6069.11 ft T: 9.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1947.59 m = 6389.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.00 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 330.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.97 mb = 1920.56 m = 6300.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.97 mb = 1971.74 m = 6468.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.97 mb = 9647.64 m = 31651.99 ft B at Equ Level: 323.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.97 mb = 11167.18 m = 36637.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 10.91 Bulk Shear: 30.26 m/s