MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 43.02,-82.95 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -82.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 207 SFC 995 249 27.3 19.4 62 7.9 21.7 75 8 300.8 303.5 295.0 343.0 14.35 2 950 657 22.0 16.9 73 5.1 18.5 81 9 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.0 12.83 3 900 1124 17.5 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 93 9 299.5 301.8 293.1 335.2 12.22 4 850 1609 13.3 11.2 87 2.1 12.0 104 12 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.2 9.88 5 800 2117 10.0 2.0 58 8.0 5.8 113 20 301.8 302.9 288.2 318.5 5.54 6 750 2649 6.9 -12.7 23 19.7 -0.7 120 17 304.1 304.4 285.4 310.1 1.91 7 700 3212 4.0 -19.5 16 23.5 -3.7 129 11 306.9 307.1 285.6 310.8 1.17 8 650 3811 0.8 -22.5 16 23.3 -6.3 130 6 309.8 310.0 286.4 313.1 0.96 9 600 4447 -3.3 -28.0 13 24.7 -9.6 167 3 312.3 312.4 286.9 314.5 0.64 10 550 5130 -7.0 -36.9 7 29.9 -13.0 238 7 315.8 315.8 287.7 316.9 0.29 11 500 5866 -11.4 -37.1 10 25.7 -16.3 250 11 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.32 12 450 6664 -17.4 -33.6 23 16.2 -20.4 261 13 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.2 0.50 13 400 7535 -23.4 -30.9 50 7.5 -24.8 261 14 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.72 14 350 8499 -29.4 -38.6 41 9.2 -30.6 277 13 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.39 15 300 9582 -37.6 -47.2 36 9.6 -38.4 284 18 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 16 250 10814 -46.9 -57.8 28 10.8 -47.3 266 21 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12263 -52.6 -68.4 13 15.8 -52.9 251 30 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14124 -53.8 -80.1 3 26.3 -54.2 254 34 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16683 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 264 16 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.83 m Freezing level: 640.51 mb = 3931.45 m = 12898.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.30 mb = 2591.21 m = 8501.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.85 mb = 1248.68 m = 4096.66 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 32.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1315.65 m = 4316.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 12.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1099.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.58 mb = 1318.61 m = 4326.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.58 mb = 1367.06 m = 4485.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.58 mb = 10956.25 m = 35945.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1095.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.58 mb = 13524.08 m = 44369.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 160.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 124.97 Bulk Shear: 8.80 m/s