MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 45.06,-78.12 Latitude: 45.06 Longitude: -78.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 973 415 15.8 13.2 85 2.6 14.2 253 5 291.3 293.0 288.5 319.2 9.87 2 950 618 18.0 13.5 75 4.5 15.2 269 21 295.5 297.3 290.3 325.2 10.31 3 900 1081 17.0 10.2 64 6.8 12.9 277 19 299.0 300.6 290.2 324.6 8.72 4 850 1566 13.5 7.5 67 6.0 10.0 287 14 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.0 7.68 5 800 2073 9.3 5.7 78 3.6 7.3 297 9 301.1 302.4 289.5 322.5 7.21 6 750 2605 5.2 3.0 86 2.1 4.0 303 8 302.2 303.3 289.1 321.2 6.34 7 700 3165 2.6 -4.9 58 7.5 -0.8 292 11 305.4 306.1 287.8 317.2 3.80 8 650 3761 -0.7 -13.2 38 12.6 -5.4 299 13 308.2 308.6 287.1 315.0 2.12 9 600 4396 -3.4 -24.1 18 20.7 -9.2 316 13 312.2 312.4 287.2 315.3 0.91 10 550 5079 -7.4 -30.1 14 22.7 -12.8 307 17 315.3 315.4 287.8 317.3 0.57 11 500 5812 -13.1 -31.4 20 18.3 -16.9 299 19 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.55 12 450 6605 -19.5 -34.6 25 15.1 -22.1 303 19 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.4 0.45 13 400 7466 -26.5 -38.3 32 11.9 -28.0 308 20 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.9 0.35 14 350 8416 -33.4 -50.7 16 17.3 -34.7 326 17 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.10 15 300 9479 -42.2 -57.4 17 15.2 -42.8 343 19 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.05 16 250 10686 -52.0 -59.5 40 7.6 -52.1 4 30 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.05 17 200 12106 -56.1 -68.7 19 12.6 -56.3 326 27 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13944 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 294 31 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16510 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.2 291 26 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.25 m Freezing level: 660.23 mb = 3638.80 m = 11938.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.33 mb = 3069.25 m = 10069.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.16 mb = 743.71 m = 2439.95 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.15 mb = 2050.74 m = 6728.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 26.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7208.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.27 mb = 1563.44 m = 5129.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.5 neg: -10.8 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 7.86 m/s