MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-76.16 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -76.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 995 174 14.5 11.8 84 2.7 12.9 239 8 288.0 289.6 286.2 312.5 8.76 2 950 565 13.0 9.0 76 4.0 10.7 265 25 290.4 291.7 286.0 311.9 7.58 3 900 1016 8.9 7.8 93 1.1 8.3 268 24 290.7 292.0 285.9 311.7 7.39 4 850 1487 6.1 3.5 83 2.6 4.8 270 25 292.6 293.6 285.1 309.3 5.79 5 800 1981 2.8 0.9 87 1.9 1.9 271 26 294.2 295.1 285.0 309.1 5.12 6 750 2501 -0.2 -2.9 82 2.7 -1.4 269 28 296.4 297.1 284.8 308.6 4.12 7 700 3051 -1.9 -11.2 49 9.3 -5.4 263 32 300.3 300.8 284.4 307.5 2.32 8 650 3637 -4.5 -17.7 35 13.2 -8.7 263 33 303.8 304.1 284.8 308.5 1.46 9 600 4263 -8.1 -15.7 54 7.7 -10.6 262 31 306.8 307.1 286.3 312.8 1.87 10 550 4934 -12.0 -19.5 54 7.5 -14.1 260 28 309.9 310.2 287.0 314.8 1.49 11 500 5656 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.3 258 24 312.5 312.8 287.6 316.6 1.21 12 450 6438 -22.5 -29.4 54 6.9 -23.8 256 23 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.6 0.75 13 400 7290 -29.5 -38.2 43 8.7 -30.6 256 27 316.6 316.7 288.1 317.9 0.35 14 350 8225 -37.8 -45.2 46 7.3 -38.4 256 27 317.7 317.7 288.2 318.4 0.19 15 300 9267 -47.0 -53.2 49 6.2 -47.3 246 18 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.4 0.09 16 250 10458 -50.2 -62.5 22 12.3 -50.5 245 43 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.03 17 200 11929 -47.6 -75.1 3 27.5 -48.3 237 64 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 13822 -50.0 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.6 237 53 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 19 100 16452 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 225 30 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.20 m Freezing level: 753.07 mb = 2469.10 m = 8100.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.13 mb = 2277.31 m = 7471.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 19.16 C = 66.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.95 mb = 512.21 m = 1680.46 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.65 mb = 1111.62 m = 3647.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.53 C = 63.55 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 17.16 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.40 mb = 975.57 m = 3200.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.40 mb = 1786.08 m = 5859.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.40 mb = 2722.98 m = 8933.55 ft B at Equ Level: 17.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 679.40 mb = 3287.29 m = 10784.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 10.88 m/s