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: 42.96,-78.67 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -78.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 990 216 21.8 10.9 50 10.9 15.1 224 17 295.9 297.3 288.7 319.9 8.29 2 950 567 17.3 9.0 58 8.3 12.4 225 26 294.8 296.1 287.6 316.7 7.59 3 900 1025 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.9 225 28 294.7 296.0 287.4 316.0 7.35 4 850 1501 8.2 6.0 86 2.2 7.0 225 29 294.8 296.0 287.0 314.8 6.92 5 800 1999 4.4 2.3 86 2.1 3.4 233 30 295.9 296.9 286.2 312.5 5.65 6 750 2521 0.9 -1.6 84 2.5 -0.2 238 27 297.6 298.4 285.7 311.1 4.55 7 700 3073 -1.3 -8.2 60 6.8 -4.1 240 21 301.0 301.5 285.3 310.0 2.95 8 650 3661 -3.9 -19.7 28 15.8 -8.6 242 21 304.6 304.8 284.8 308.5 1.23 9 600 4288 -7.2 -14.0 59 6.7 -9.5 240 20 307.8 308.2 287.0 314.7 2.17 10 550 4961 -11.5 -13.9 82 2.4 -12.3 235 23 310.5 310.9 288.1 318.2 2.38 11 500 5685 -16.1 -19.8 73 3.7 -17.1 232 27 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.7 1.59 12 450 6470 -21.3 -25.8 67 4.5 -22.2 232 29 316.5 316.7 288.8 320.1 1.04 13 400 7329 -26.9 -29.5 78 2.6 -27.4 236 34 320.0 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.83 14 350 8277 -34.3 -37.5 73 3.1 -34.7 245 38 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 15 300 9333 -44.3 -47.6 69 3.4 -44.5 260 41 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.17 16 250 10526 -55.2 -58.9 63 3.7 -55.3 268 59 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.2 0.05 17 200 11937 -55.2 -69.4 16 14.2 -55.4 262 37 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13792 -51.6 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 276 26 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16414 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.6 267 16 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5558.79 m Freezing level: 729.70 mb = 2745.29 m = 9006.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.00 mb = 2488.80 m = 8165.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.47 % Est. max temperature: 20.96 C = 69.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.80 mb = 1580.89 m = 5186.59 ft T: 7.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.84 mb = 1639.18 m = 5377.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.04 C = 69.88 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 23.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.52 mb = 1622.70 m = 5323.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.52 mb = 1671.82 m = 5484.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.52 mb = 3390.58 m = 11123.83 ft B at Equ Level: 53.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 552.52 mb = 4925.52 m = 16159.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -10.2 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 23.00 Bulk Shear: 2.34 m/s