MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.36,-79.01 Latitude: 42.36 Longitude: -79.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 964 437 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.7 238 8 290.8 292.6 288.3 318.6 9.80 2 950 564 14.0 12.2 89 1.7 12.9 239 14 291.3 293.0 288.1 318.1 9.44 3 900 1018 11.0 10.0 94 0.9 10.4 221 20 292.8 294.3 287.9 317.4 8.60 4 850 1493 8.1 7.5 96 0.6 7.8 207 23 294.6 296.0 287.7 316.8 7.67 5 800 1992 5.1 4.9 98 0.3 5.0 204 25 296.6 297.9 287.6 316.5 6.78 6 750 2515 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 221 29 297.7 298.6 286.6 313.6 5.38 7 700 3068 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 234 27 301.1 302.0 287.3 315.8 4.89 8 650 3655 -4.7 -5.4 95 0.7 -5.0 236 23 303.7 304.4 287.3 315.7 3.93 9 600 4283 -7.5 -8.4 93 1.0 -7.9 233 29 307.5 308.1 288.1 318.0 3.37 10 550 4956 -10.9 -12.3 90 1.3 -11.4 235 36 311.1 311.6 288.7 319.8 2.71 11 500 5683 -14.8 -16.5 87 1.7 -15.3 243 39 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.9 2.11 12 450 6473 -20.2 -22.2 84 2.0 -20.7 251 41 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.8 1.44 13 400 7333 -26.7 -29.3 79 2.5 -27.2 256 42 320.3 320.4 289.8 323.2 0.85 14 350 8282 -34.3 -37.4 73 3.1 -34.7 258 45 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.44 15 300 9338 -44.0 -47.4 69 3.4 -44.2 258 50 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.18 16 250 10532 -55.1 -58.8 63 3.7 -55.1 249 43 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.06 17 200 11950 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 271 36 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13809 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 287 29 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16425 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -54.1 272 19 424.5 424.5 308.2 424.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.08 m Freezing level: 727.54 mb = 2763.48 m = 9066.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.14 mb = 2719.26 m = 8921.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.94 % Est. max temperature: 19.83 C = 67.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.53 mb = 648.14 m = 2126.42 ft T: 13.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 4.99 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1149.06 m = 3769.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.11 C = 62.80 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.17 mb = 1044.35 m = 3426.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.17 mb = 1569.27 m = 5148.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 622.17 mb = 3998.48 m = 13118.22 ft B at Equ Level: 69.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 512.17 mb = 5499.36 m = 18042.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 92.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 25.92 m/s