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: 43.23,-79.88 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -79.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 992 181 16.3 15.3 94 1.0 15.7 236 7 290.1 292.1 289.2 321.3 11.09 2 950 549 13.0 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 246 16 290.4 292.1 287.9 317.5 9.61 3 900 1002 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.1 241 22 292.4 293.9 287.6 316.5 8.45 4 850 1476 7.9 7.1 94 0.8 7.4 237 25 294.4 295.8 287.4 315.9 7.44 5 800 1974 4.9 4.0 94 0.8 4.4 238 27 296.3 297.5 287.1 315.1 6.40 6 750 2498 0.9 0.4 97 0.4 0.7 242 28 297.5 298.5 286.4 313.1 5.27 7 700 3050 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 247 30 301.0 301.9 287.3 315.6 4.85 8 650 3638 -3.9 -4.5 96 0.6 -4.2 252 29 304.5 305.3 287.9 317.5 4.21 9 600 4266 -7.1 -8.0 94 0.8 -7.5 256 26 307.9 308.5 288.3 318.8 3.49 10 550 4940 -11.2 -12.4 91 1.2 -11.6 256 25 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.5 2.69 11 500 5665 -16.0 -17.6 87 1.7 -16.4 252 24 313.6 313.9 288.7 319.9 1.91 12 450 6451 -21.2 -23.3 83 2.1 -21.7 244 25 316.5 316.8 289.0 320.9 1.30 13 400 7308 -27.9 -30.4 79 2.5 -28.3 238 29 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.76 14 350 8251 -35.2 -38.3 73 3.1 -35.5 233 37 321.3 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.40 15 300 9305 -44.4 -47.6 70 3.2 -44.6 234 48 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.17 16 250 10497 -53.9 -58.0 60 4.1 -54.0 238 49 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.06 17 200 11928 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 279 39 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13797 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 293 29 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.6 0.00 19 100 16418 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 287 17 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.51 m Freezing level: 729.95 mb = 2719.06 m = 8920.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.47 mb = 2665.08 m = 8743.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.91 C = 69.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.90 mb = 303.77 m = 996.61 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 8.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 733.42 m = 2406.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.39 C = 63.31 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.98 mb = 709.25 m = 2326.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.98 mb = 1029.81 m = 3378.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 646.98 mb = 3674.89 m = 12056.56 ft B at Equ Level: 82.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 486.98 mb = 5861.56 m = 19230.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.41 Bulk Shear: 18.75 m/s