MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 43.5,-78.91 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -78.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 75 18.5 12.1 66 6.4 14.6 295 13 290.8 292.4 287.3 315.7 8.79 1 1000 160 17.2 10.1 63 7.1 13.0 296 15 290.3 291.7 286.2 312.3 7.76 2 950 594 12.9 8.7 76 4.2 10.5 298 15 290.3 291.6 285.8 311.4 7.46 3 900 1045 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.7 301 16 290.4 291.6 285.4 310.3 7.00 4 850 1515 5.5 0.3 69 5.3 3.0 303 15 292.0 292.8 283.5 305.3 4.58 5 800 2008 2.1 -1.6 77 3.7 0.4 293 14 293.4 294.2 283.8 305.9 4.26 6 750 2525 -1.4 -3.5 85 2.1 -2.3 295 14 295.1 295.8 284.1 306.7 3.93 7 700 3072 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.3 -4.9 292 14 297.2 297.9 284.7 308.4 3.74 8 650 3650 -8.3 -11.5 77 3.3 -9.4 290 12 299.6 300.0 284.2 307.1 2.43 9 600 4268 -11.2 -20.0 48 8.8 -13.6 307 11 303.2 303.4 284.3 307.4 1.30 10 550 4931 -15.1 -22.4 54 7.2 -16.9 329 13 306.1 306.3 285.3 309.9 1.16 11 500 5643 -20.5 -25.3 65 4.9 -21.5 345 17 308.1 308.3 285.8 311.3 0.98 12 450 6415 -25.6 -34.1 45 8.5 -26.8 356 20 311.1 311.2 286.3 312.7 0.47 13 400 7257 -32.3 -40.2 45 7.9 -33.0 4 24 313.1 313.1 286.8 314.1 0.29 14 350 8184 -39.1 -51.3 26 12.2 -39.7 11 28 316.1 316.1 287.6 316.4 0.10 15 300 9223 -46.8 -57.3 29 10.4 -47.1 13 31 319.3 319.4 288.6 319.6 0.06 16 250 10415 -50.0 -64.0 18 14.0 -50.3 335 12 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 17 200 11890 -46.4 -76.9 2 30.6 -47.1 252 23 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 18 150 13789 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.3 254 25 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.01 19 100 16438 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 253 15 428.3 428.3 308.7 428.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5483.82 m Freezing level: 769.76 mb = 2320.89 m = 7614.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.19 mb = 2086.52 m = 6845.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.18 % Est. max temperature: 19.31 C = 66.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.11 mb = 878.97 m = 2883.74 ft T: 10.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.45 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1156.55 m = 3794.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.42 C = 65.15 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 25.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.39 mb = 1105.75 m = 3627.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.39 mb = 1339.16 m = 4393.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.39 mb = 4417.05 m = 14491.46 ft B at Equ Level: 107.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 418.39 mb = 6935.91 m = 22755.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 88.22 Bulk Shear: 1.22 m/s