MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.29,-82.88 Latitude: 43.29 Longitude: -82.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 217 SFC 997 241 27.2 17.1 54 10.0 20.3 67 9 300.6 302.8 293.6 337.0 12.42 2 950 667 22.5 14.0 58 8.5 17.0 82 10 300.0 302.0 292.0 331.2 10.61 3 900 1134 18.3 12.5 69 5.8 14.6 113 11 300.3 302.2 291.7 330.2 10.16 4 850 1621 13.8 10.7 82 3.1 11.9 126 12 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.7 9.54 5 800 2128 9.5 6.1 79 3.4 7.6 139 14 301.3 302.7 289.8 323.4 7.42 6 750 2660 5.6 -5.4 45 10.9 0.7 149 13 302.6 303.3 286.4 313.1 3.42 7 700 3224 5.3 -27.1 7 32.4 -3.9 161 8 308.4 308.5 285.5 310.4 0.59 8 650 3825 1.8 -27.0 10 28.8 -6.2 168 5 311.0 311.1 286.5 313.2 0.64 9 600 4463 -2.6 -30.3 10 27.7 -9.5 206 4 313.1 313.2 287.1 314.9 0.51 10 550 5149 -5.7 -40.2 5 34.4 -12.3 210 8 317.3 317.3 288.1 318.1 0.21 11 500 5888 -10.9 -28.3 23 17.3 -15.1 227 14 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.75 12 450 6688 -17.0 -25.8 46 8.8 -19.1 229 15 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.6 1.04 13 400 7562 -22.3 -25.8 74 3.4 -23.1 224 19 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.17 14 350 8528 -29.6 -32.8 73 3.2 -30.1 214 17 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.4 0.69 15 300 9606 -39.0 -44.8 54 5.8 -39.5 215 6 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.3 0.23 16 250 10829 -48.7 -55.5 45 6.8 -49.0 218 11 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 17 200 12273 -52.0 -70.2 10 18.2 -52.4 227 27 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14134 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 237 31 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16689 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 270 18 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.89 m Freezing level: 629.50 mb = 4086.75 m = 13407.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.73 mb = 2739.44 m = 8987.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.56 mb = 1505.59 m = 4939.55 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 26.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.01 mb = 1789.61 m = 5871.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 2.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 166.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.27 mb = 1716.89 m = 5632.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.27 mb = 1867.71 m = 6127.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 695.27 mb = 3279.17 m = 10758.28 ft B at Equ Level: 58.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.27 mb = 11502.62 m = 37737.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.6 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 191.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: -3.5 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 22.19 m/s