MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 43.13,-78.67 Latitude: 43.13 Longitude: -78.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 167 27.7 19.8 62 7.9 22.2 33 6 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.2 14.62 1 1000 221 26.4 18.7 63 7.7 21.1 34 5 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.6 13.71 2 950 670 22.0 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 53 5 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.6 13.37 3 900 1137 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 78 4 299.7 302.0 293.5 336.8 12.68 4 850 1624 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.4 134 5 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.3 8.87 5 800 2132 10.2 5.5 72 4.8 7.5 160 7 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.1 7.07 6 750 2666 6.8 -3.0 50 9.7 2.1 172 8 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.5 4.09 7 700 3228 3.6 -4.8 54 8.3 -0.3 163 6 306.4 307.1 288.2 318.3 3.83 8 650 3826 -0.1 -2.6 83 2.5 -1.3 154 7 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.9 4.86 9 600 4464 -3.2 -5.2 86 2.0 -4.1 174 9 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.1 4.34 10 550 5147 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.6 -9.6 216 10 315.6 316.0 289.8 323.4 2.40 11 500 5884 -11.1 -20.4 46 9.2 -13.9 240 11 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.51 12 450 6685 -15.7 -32.0 23 16.3 -19.1 244 17 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.58 13 400 7563 -21.3 -37.6 22 16.2 -23.9 253 26 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.38 14 350 8534 -28.0 -31.7 71 3.7 -28.7 254 39 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.8 0.77 15 300 9621 -37.2 -42.0 61 4.8 -37.7 249 49 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.32 16 250 10856 -46.2 -61.3 16 15.2 -46.7 251 63 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 17 200 12310 -53.2 -71.9 9 18.7 -53.5 250 55 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14148 -56.4 -76.4 6 20.0 -56.7 264 37 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -61.4 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 273 24 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.48 m Freezing level: 651.68 mb = 3805.98 m = 12486.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.76 mb = 3161.68 m = 10372.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.42 mb = 1161.83 m = 3811.74 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 26.68 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1327.88 m = 4356.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.67 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 26.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1017.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.56 mb = 1246.22 m = 4088.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.56 mb = 1489.11 m = 4885.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.56 mb = 11026.22 m = 36174.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1010.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.56 mb = 13997.83 m = 45924.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 209.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 55.96 Bulk Shear: 18.18 m/s