MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 48.05,-77.78 Latitude: 48.05 Longitude: -77.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 978 318 18.2 13.9 76 4.3 15.5 230 8 293.2 295.1 289.5 322.5 10.27 2 950 569 16.5 12.2 76 4.3 13.8 245 21 294.0 295.7 289.0 321.0 9.44 3 900 1033 18.2 9.0 55 9.2 12.7 281 27 300.3 301.8 290.0 324.1 8.05 4 850 1519 13.9 9.5 74 4.5 11.2 272 27 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.7 8.78 5 800 2027 9.8 7.2 84 2.7 8.3 270 28 301.6 303.1 290.4 325.4 7.98 6 750 2560 7.0 -2.6 50 9.6 2.4 275 29 304.2 305.0 287.8 317.1 4.22 7 700 3124 3.3 -0.9 74 4.2 1.2 279 31 306.2 307.1 289.3 321.9 5.13 8 650 3721 -0.7 -3.8 79 3.1 -2.2 282 32 308.2 309.0 289.3 321.9 4.43 9 600 4355 -4.6 -8.9 72 4.3 -6.4 280 33 310.7 311.4 289.0 321.0 3.24 10 550 5035 -8.7 -15.8 56 7.1 -11.1 277 31 313.8 314.2 288.9 320.4 2.03 11 500 5766 -13.4 -21.9 49 8.5 -15.7 273 32 316.7 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.32 12 450 6560 -18.6 -30.7 34 12.2 -21.0 273 31 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.66 13 400 7427 -24.6 -33.8 42 9.2 -26.1 281 30 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.55 14 350 8385 -31.5 -35.3 69 3.8 -32.0 293 30 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.54 15 300 9456 -40.6 -45.7 58 5.1 -40.9 289 34 328.2 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.21 16 250 10670 -50.8 -55.2 60 4.4 -50.9 291 40 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 12083 -59.8 -65.8 45 6.0 -59.9 291 45 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 18 150 13900 -56.1 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.4 286 36 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16479 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 300 27 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.78 m Freezing level: 658.76 mb = 3616.10 m = 11863.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.47 mb = 3328.29 m = 10919.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 866.41 m = 2842.53 ft T: 17.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2326.81 m = 7633.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7390.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.84 mb = 1589.83 m = 5215.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 139.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 29.49 m/s