MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 58.15,-78.78 Latitude: 58.15 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 -2 6.5 6.1 97 0.5 6.3 303 22 279.5 280.5 279.3 295.5 5.87 1 1000 21 6.4 6.0 98 0.3 6.2 303 24 279.5 280.5 279.3 295.6 5.87 2 950 441 7.0 6.7 98 0.3 6.8 328 30 284.3 285.4 282.3 302.3 6.49 3 900 886 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.3 326 27 287.1 288.2 283.2 304.5 6.17 4 850 1351 2.6 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 326 23 288.9 289.8 283.0 303.9 5.26 5 800 1839 -0.0 -1.0 93 1.0 -0.4 320 24 291.1 291.9 283.0 304.0 4.45 6 750 2353 -3.2 -4.6 90 1.4 -3.8 317 27 293.1 293.7 282.9 303.7 3.61 7 700 2897 -5.1 -8.0 80 2.9 -6.2 313 29 296.9 297.4 283.8 305.9 2.99 8 650 3476 -8.4 -16.0 55 7.5 -10.7 313 30 299.4 299.7 283.3 304.7 1.69 9 600 4092 -12.3 -26.1 31 13.8 -15.3 318 31 301.9 302.1 283.1 304.4 0.76 10 550 4751 -16.7 -36.9 16 20.2 -19.7 325 32 304.3 304.4 283.5 305.3 0.29 11 500 5458 -22.1 -36.5 26 14.4 -24.1 333 35 306.1 306.2 284.3 307.3 0.34 12 450 6223 -28.1 -34.2 55 6.2 -28.9 339 39 308.0 308.1 285.2 309.6 0.47 13 400 7057 -34.7 -38.2 70 3.5 -35.0 342 47 309.9 309.9 285.7 311.1 0.35 14 350 7973 -42.5 -45.5 73 3.0 -42.7 344 54 311.4 311.5 286.1 312.1 0.19 15 300 9000 -46.7 -58.1 26 11.4 -47.0 339 58 319.6 319.6 288.6 319.8 0.05 16 250 10221 -41.0 -72.3 2 31.2 -42.0 326 40 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 17 200 11738 -41.7 -73.5 2 31.8 -42.9 319 38 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 18 150 13669 -45.6 -76.4 2 30.8 -46.6 320 27 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.01 19 100 16348 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -50.0 323 21 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5437.35 m Freezing level: 800.45 mb = 1834.65 m = 6019.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.82 mb = 1760.75 m = 5776.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.22 % Est. max temperature: 15.87 C = 60.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.65 mb = 56.58 m = 185.62 ft T: 6.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 20.83 m = 68.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.13 C = 44.83 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: 6.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 23.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14880.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.24 mb = 465.33 m = 1526.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.3 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 352.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: -18.6 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.66 Bulk Shear: 1.47 m/s