MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.63,-79.73 Latitude: 42.63 Longitude: -79.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 994 175 21.4 14.0 63 7.3 16.7 224 23 295.0 296.8 290.0 324.2 10.17 2 950 566 17.2 10.1 63 7.1 12.9 225 29 294.6 296.1 288.2 318.2 8.18 3 900 1023 12.8 9.0 78 3.7 10.6 226 30 294.6 296.1 288.1 317.8 8.03 4 850 1500 8.2 7.3 94 0.9 7.7 227 30 294.7 296.1 287.6 316.6 7.55 5 800 1998 4.8 2.6 86 2.2 3.7 238 30 296.3 297.4 286.5 313.3 5.79 6 750 2521 1.6 -1.9 78 3.5 -0.0 243 28 298.3 299.1 285.9 311.6 4.44 7 700 3074 -1.2 -8.3 58 7.2 -4.0 243 23 301.2 301.7 285.4 310.1 2.91 8 650 3662 -3.7 -11.1 56 7.4 -6.5 244 22 304.8 305.3 286.3 312.7 2.51 9 600 4290 -7.3 -9.4 85 2.1 -8.1 239 24 307.7 308.2 287.9 317.4 3.11 10 550 4963 -11.4 -13.6 84 2.2 -12.1 235 27 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.5 2.44 11 500 5688 -15.5 -17.4 85 2.0 -16.1 240 29 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.6 1.94 12 450 6476 -20.4 -22.6 82 2.2 -21.0 249 34 317.6 317.8 289.5 322.2 1.38 13 400 7336 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.4 256 38 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.82 14 350 8283 -34.7 -37.8 73 3.1 -35.0 257 37 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.42 15 300 9341 -43.5 -46.9 69 3.4 -43.7 258 43 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 16 250 10537 -55.0 -58.5 64 3.6 -55.1 265 54 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.06 17 200 11949 -54.7 -69.5 14 14.8 -54.9 274 35 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13803 -51.8 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.4 287 30 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 19 100 16421 -53.0 -82.0 2 29.0 -53.7 278 16 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.39 m Freezing level: 721.09 mb = 2840.96 m = 9320.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.52 mb = 2515.50 m = 8252.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.97 % Est. max temperature: 21.27 C = 70.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.31 mb = 1095.03 m = 3592.58 ft T: 12.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1383.92 m = 4540.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.93 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 2.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 23.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.17 mb = 1381.48 m = 4532.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.17 mb = 1429.96 m = 4691.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.17 mb = 4590.46 m = 15060.37 ft B at Equ Level: 99.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 437.17 mb = 6687.35 m = 21939.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -10.4 tot: 41.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 25.52 Bulk Shear: 3.92 m/s