MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 44.52,-76.70 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -76.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 164 26.9 18.0 58 8.9 20.8 19 4 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.1 13.06 1 1000 179 26.7 17.6 58 9.1 20.5 21 4 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.1 12.76 2 950 628 22.2 16.4 70 5.8 18.3 19 6 299.7 302.0 293.3 336.1 12.44 3 900 1095 17.6 15.3 87 2.3 16.1 17 6 299.7 301.9 293.2 335.6 12.27 4 850 1582 13.5 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 348 3 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.5 11.32 5 800 2089 9.3 7.3 87 2.0 8.2 289 4 301.1 302.5 290.2 324.9 8.05 6 750 2621 5.6 -1.9 59 7.5 2.0 255 6 302.6 303.4 287.5 316.1 4.43 7 700 3183 4.4 -19.2 16 23.6 -3.5 267 12 307.4 307.6 285.8 311.3 1.19 8 650 3783 1.3 -21.4 17 22.6 -5.8 268 13 310.4 310.6 286.7 313.9 1.07 9 600 4421 -2.2 -23.0 19 20.8 -8.4 273 14 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.0 1.00 10 550 5106 -6.4 -28.4 16 22.0 -11.9 274 18 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.8 0.67 11 500 5843 -11.3 -38.6 8 27.3 -16.2 271 24 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.27 12 450 6643 -17.1 -42.1 9 25.0 -20.8 269 28 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.21 13 400 7513 -24.0 -39.4 23 15.4 -26.2 262 31 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.31 14 350 8472 -31.2 -52.9 10 21.7 -32.8 264 36 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.08 15 300 9545 -39.6 -44.9 57 5.3 -40.1 269 40 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.23 16 250 10766 -48.6 -58.9 29 10.3 -48.9 272 53 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12206 -55.2 -68.3 18 13.1 -55.4 267 61 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14043 -55.6 -81.4 3 25.7 -55.9 264 53 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16596 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 269 30 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.66 m Freezing level: 631.65 mb = 4016.90 m = 13178.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.08 mb = 2817.99 m = 9245.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.23 mb = 1294.10 m = 4245.69 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 26.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1397.98 m = 4586.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 14.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 195.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1042.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.12 mb = 1353.34 m = 4440.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.12 mb = 1500.74 m = 4923.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.12 mb = 11080.15 m = 36351.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1036.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.12 mb = 13705.90 m = 44966.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.6 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 307.6 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -4.7 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 44.02 Bulk Shear: 23.68 m/s