MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 43.65,-80.66 Latitude: 43.65 Longitude: -80.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 968 394 12.4 10.9 90 1.5 11.6 347 10 288.2 289.7 286.1 312.0 8.48 2 950 554 12.4 10.1 86 2.3 11.1 351 19 289.8 291.3 286.4 313.0 8.19 3 900 1005 8.8 6.8 87 2.0 7.7 1 24 290.6 291.8 285.4 310.3 6.90 4 850 1476 5.9 2.0 76 4.0 3.9 331 15 292.4 293.3 284.3 307.4 5.18 5 800 1971 4.3 -3.3 58 7.6 0.9 295 16 295.8 296.4 284.1 306.9 3.75 6 750 2493 2.1 -15.5 26 17.5 -3.8 302 15 298.8 299.1 282.8 303.6 1.53 7 700 3046 -1.1 -42.2 3 41.1 -8.4 297 18 301.3 301.3 282.1 301.8 0.13 8 650 3632 -4.6 -44.9 3 40.3 -11.1 287 21 303.7 303.7 283.0 304.1 0.11 9 600 4256 -9.1 -36.3 9 27.2 -14.0 277 22 305.5 305.6 284.0 306.5 0.28 10 550 4922 -13.8 -40.1 9 26.3 -17.7 273 24 307.7 307.8 284.8 308.5 0.21 11 500 5639 -18.9 -44.7 8 25.8 -22.0 279 25 310.0 310.0 285.5 310.5 0.14 12 450 6413 -25.1 -43.7 16 18.6 -27.1 275 27 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.3 0.18 13 400 7257 -31.1 -52.8 10 21.7 -32.6 268 28 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.8 0.07 14 350 8189 -37.6 -59.5 8 22.0 -38.5 265 28 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.04 15 300 9239 -43.4 -61.9 11 18.5 -44.0 272 32 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.03 16 250 10451 -47.8 -66.0 10 18.3 -48.2 285 35 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.02 17 200 11919 -48.9 -75.2 3 26.3 -49.5 293 37 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13799 -50.8 -80.3 2 29.5 -51.4 305 31 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 19 100 16420 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 298 19 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5517.12 m Freezing level: 717.02 mb = 2857.76 m = 9375.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 790.53 mb = 2067.04 m = 6781.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.72 % Est. max temperature: 18.64 C = 65.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.98 mb = 589.47 m = 1933.94 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 11.19 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1292.20 m = 4239.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.86 C = 60.54 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 2.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: -14.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10823.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.82 mb = 1126.33 m = 3695.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -21.9 tot: -15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 51.65 m/s