MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 138 SFC 996 174 19.3 10.6 57 8.7 14.1 273 10 292.8 294.2 287.4 315.9 8.07 2 950 575 14.5 8.3 67 6.1 10.9 271 15 291.9 293.1 286.2 312.6 7.25 3 900 1029 10.0 7.5 84 2.5 8.6 269 16 291.8 293.1 286.2 312.5 7.22 4 850 1500 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 265 18 291.9 293.1 285.6 310.7 6.55 5 800 1993 1.9 -4.6 62 6.4 -0.9 266 26 293.1 293.7 282.7 303.2 3.40 6 750 2512 0.7 -14.0 32 14.7 -4.4 267 24 297.3 297.6 282.4 302.6 1.72 7 700 3063 -1.6 -16.8 30 15.2 -6.5 262 28 300.7 301.0 283.5 305.4 1.47 8 650 3649 -4.7 -18.3 33 13.7 -8.9 258 31 303.7 303.9 284.6 308.1 1.38 9 600 4274 -8.2 -17.3 48 9.0 -11.1 244 31 306.6 306.9 286.0 311.9 1.64 10 550 4943 -12.8 -24.3 37 11.6 -15.6 228 33 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.2 0.97 11 500 5663 -17.3 -39.2 13 21.8 -20.5 218 37 311.9 312.0 286.4 312.8 0.26 12 450 6443 -23.1 -41.3 17 18.2 -25.4 219 37 314.2 314.2 287.1 315.0 0.23 13 400 7295 -29.1 -45.6 19 16.5 -30.6 226 39 317.2 317.2 288.0 317.8 0.16 14 350 8233 -36.9 -50.2 24 13.3 -37.8 229 44 318.9 319.0 288.5 319.4 0.11 15 300 9281 -45.2 -57.5 24 12.3 -45.6 234 54 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.9 0.05 16 250 10479 -50.8 -63.3 21 12.5 -51.1 232 69 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.03 17 200 11936 -46.9 -74.6 3 27.7 -47.6 229 59 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13826 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.5 227 49 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.3 0.00 19 100 16459 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.3 227 31 428.2 428.2 308.6 428.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5524.89 m Freezing level: 735.19 mb = 2674.87 m = 8775.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 806.92 mb = 1922.81 m = 6308.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.37 % Est. max temperature: 18.54 C = 65.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.95 mb = 1261.63 m = 4139.14 ft T: 7.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.27 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1307.36 m = 4289.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.40 C = 65.12 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 12.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 135.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.22 mb = 1325.42 m = 4348.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.22 mb = 1373.09 m = 4504.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.22 mb = 2584.25 m = 8478.40 ft B at Equ Level: 49.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 633.22 mb = 3853.27 m = 12641.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 34.71 m/s