MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-75.16 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -75.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 246 SFC 995 287 26.0 20.7 73 5.3 22.2 103 5 299.5 302.4 295.5 345.1 15.59 2 950 694 20.8 18.1 85 2.7 18.9 104 6 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.7 13.91 3 900 1159 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.4 70 3 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.5 10.27 4 850 1645 13.7 6.9 64 6.8 9.7 350 3 300.5 301.8 289.5 322.3 7.37 5 800 2152 9.9 3.3 64 6.5 6.3 303 4 301.7 302.8 288.7 319.9 6.08 6 750 2685 6.8 3.4 79 3.4 4.9 224 4 304.0 305.2 289.9 323.6 6.52 7 700 3250 3.8 -0.3 74 4.2 1.7 192 2 306.7 307.7 289.7 323.1 5.33 8 650 3849 1.5 -8.7 47 10.1 -2.9 170 4 310.6 311.2 288.8 320.3 3.05 9 600 4489 -1.7 -17.4 29 15.6 -7.1 205 3 314.1 314.4 288.6 319.5 1.63 10 550 5176 -5.7 -41.5 4 35.9 -12.3 223 5 317.4 317.4 288.1 318.0 0.18 11 500 5915 -10.5 -30.7 17 20.2 -15.1 238 8 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.4 0.59 12 450 6716 -16.0 -31.7 25 15.7 -19.2 237 10 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.3 0.60 13 400 7591 -22.7 -30.9 47 8.2 -24.3 241 13 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.72 14 350 8556 -29.5 -33.5 68 4.0 -30.1 235 27 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.65 15 300 9636 -37.6 -44.9 47 7.2 -38.2 236 42 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.23 16 250 10869 -46.7 -56.2 33 9.4 -47.1 240 52 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 17 200 12323 -53.1 -68.3 14 15.2 -53.4 240 53 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14165 -57.1 -83.2 2 26.1 -57.4 244 45 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16697 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.3 274 21 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.35 m Freezing level: 626.99 mb = 4143.56 m = 13594.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.19 mb = 3469.85 m = 11383.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.30 mb = 957.88 m = 3142.63 ft T: 18.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 25.21 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1322.98 m = 4340.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 17.40 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 826.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.28 mb = 1213.41 m = 3980.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.28 mb = 1454.19 m = 4770.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.28 mb = 10887.89 m = 35720.99 ft B at Equ Level: 821.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.28 mb = 13391.01 m = 43933.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -19.6 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 96.85 Bulk Shear: 8.53 m/s