MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 43.00,-78.96 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -78.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 997 174 19.2 9.2 52 10.0 13.3 270 10 292.6 293.9 286.6 313.5 7.31 2 950 584 15.0 6.8 58 8.1 10.4 273 14 292.4 293.5 285.7 311.2 6.54 3 900 1038 10.5 5.9 73 4.6 8.0 274 14 292.3 293.5 285.7 311.0 6.48 4 850 1510 5.9 4.9 93 1.0 5.4 274 15 292.3 293.4 285.5 310.7 6.39 5 800 2003 1.7 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 279 15 293.0 294.0 284.7 308.5 5.32 6 750 2521 -1.2 -2.2 93 1.0 -1.7 276 13 295.2 296.0 284.6 308.0 4.34 7 700 3068 -4.5 -5.8 91 1.3 -5.0 279 13 297.5 298.2 284.7 308.2 3.55 8 650 3648 -8.2 -9.6 90 1.4 -8.8 276 13 299.7 300.2 284.7 308.3 2.83 9 600 4265 -11.5 -30.2 20 18.7 -15.2 268 14 302.8 302.9 283.2 304.5 0.52 10 550 4927 -15.5 -35.8 16 20.3 -18.7 260 17 305.7 305.8 284.1 306.9 0.33 11 500 5639 -19.8 -43.3 10 23.5 -22.7 257 20 308.8 308.9 285.1 309.4 0.17 12 450 6412 -25.2 -43.1 17 17.8 -27.1 250 24 311.5 311.6 286.1 312.2 0.19 13 400 7255 -31.9 -46.6 22 14.7 -33.0 246 29 313.6 313.6 286.8 314.1 0.14 14 350 8182 -39.2 -53.7 20 14.5 -39.9 240 33 315.9 315.9 287.5 316.1 0.07 15 300 9223 -45.4 -60.6 17 15.2 -45.9 237 40 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.04 16 250 10426 -49.1 -65.2 14 16.0 -49.5 236 42 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.02 17 200 11898 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 238 38 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 13796 -48.9 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.6 241 37 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.01 19 100 16433 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 246 29 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5491.78 m Freezing level: 770.73 mb = 2306.46 m = 7567.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.59 mb = 2251.93 m = 7388.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.49 % Est. max temperature: 18.95 C = 66.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.93 mb = 1424.05 m = 4672.02 ft T: 6.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 5.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1561.06 m = 5121.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.15 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 29.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.59 mb = 1562.42 m = 5126.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.59 mb = 1610.70 m = 5284.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.59 mb = 4660.33 m = 15289.61 ft B at Equ Level: 105.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 439.59 mb = 6579.37 m = 21585.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 78.66 Bulk Shear: 1.34 m/s