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: 43.12,-84.16 Latitude: 43.12 Longitude: -84.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 209 SFC 1000 211 26.5 20.3 69 6.2 22.1 46 8 299.6 302.4 295.3 344.0 15.17 2 950 657 20.8 16.6 77 4.1 18.0 55 10 298.3 300.6 293.0 335.0 12.64 3 900 1122 17.5 12.7 73 4.8 14.4 75 12 299.5 301.4 291.6 329.7 10.31 4 850 1608 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.7 94 12 300.3 301.9 290.3 325.0 8.35 5 800 2115 9.7 2.9 62 6.8 6.1 115 16 301.5 302.6 288.5 319.1 5.89 6 750 2647 7.1 -12.0 24 19.1 -0.4 122 15 304.3 304.7 285.6 310.7 2.03 7 700 3211 4.8 -24.8 10 29.6 -4.0 122 9 307.7 307.9 285.4 310.2 0.73 8 650 3810 0.9 -20.2 19 21.0 -5.9 127 5 310.0 310.2 286.7 313.9 1.18 9 600 4447 -3.4 -25.1 17 21.7 -9.4 201 3 312.1 312.3 287.1 314.9 0.83 10 550 5129 -7.1 -34.7 9 27.6 -12.9 247 8 315.7 315.8 287.8 317.0 0.37 11 500 5865 -11.2 -41.9 6 30.6 -16.4 275 7 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.19 12 450 6664 -17.4 -33.0 24 15.7 -20.4 269 12 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.53 13 400 7535 -23.1 -35.2 32 12.1 -25.1 263 13 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.7 0.48 14 350 8501 -29.1 -38.9 38 9.8 -30.4 285 15 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.38 15 300 9583 -37.9 -45.4 45 7.5 -38.5 283 21 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.8 0.22 16 250 10813 -47.1 -56.9 32 9.8 -47.5 268 30 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 17 200 12262 -53.6 -64.5 25 11.0 -53.8 252 32 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14121 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 259 30 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16684 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 268 16 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.36 m Freezing level: 639.87 mb = 3939.12 m = 12923.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.24 mb = 2611.66 m = 8568.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.95 mb = 989.93 m = 3247.75 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 33.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1386.31 m = 4548.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 3.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.94 mb = 1256.14 m = 4121.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.94 mb = 1499.24 m = 4918.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.94 mb = 10524.55 m = 34528.95 ft B at Equ Level: 750.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.94 mb = 13276.69 m = 43558.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 144.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 59.89 Bulk Shear: 12.56 m/s