MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 44.85,-78.39 Latitude: 44.85 Longitude: -78.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 973 351 8.2 6.3 88 1.8 7.2 331 9 283.6 284.6 281.6 300.7 6.17 2 950 546 6.4 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 337 17 283.6 284.7 281.4 300.2 5.95 3 900 988 5.5 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 7 28 287.1 288.2 283.0 304.1 6.02 4 850 1456 5.1 4.9 98 0.2 5.0 13 16 291.5 292.6 285.2 309.8 6.38 5 800 1949 2.1 1.8 98 0.3 1.9 359 12 293.4 294.3 285.0 309.2 5.44 6 750 2467 -1.2 -1.8 96 0.6 -1.5 351 9 295.2 296.0 284.7 308.4 4.46 7 700 3014 -3.7 -10.3 60 6.6 -6.2 322 7 298.3 298.8 283.8 305.9 2.48 8 650 3597 -6.3 -37.5 6 31.2 -11.9 292 7 301.9 301.9 282.5 302.7 0.23 9 600 4217 -10.2 -37.1 9 26.9 -14.8 296 9 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.2 0.26 10 550 4881 -14.9 -33.2 19 18.4 -18.1 295 12 306.5 306.5 284.5 307.9 0.42 11 500 5593 -20.3 -32.3 33 12.0 -22.2 293 13 308.3 308.4 285.4 310.1 0.51 12 450 6364 -26.4 -34.3 47 7.9 -27.5 290 14 310.1 310.2 285.9 311.7 0.47 13 400 7203 -33.2 -41.4 44 8.2 -33.9 288 16 311.8 311.9 286.3 312.8 0.25 14 350 8125 -40.8 -49.8 37 9.0 -41.2 277 14 313.8 313.8 286.8 314.2 0.12 15 300 9158 -47.0 -59.3 23 12.2 -47.4 261 14 319.0 319.1 288.5 319.2 0.04 16 250 10360 -46.8 -69.1 6 22.3 -47.4 276 19 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.01 17 200 11844 -46.0 -76.7 2 30.7 -46.7 291 18 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 13742 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 296 18 385.7 385.7 303.1 385.7 0.01 19 100 16382 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.8 308 11 427.2 427.2 308.6 427.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5470.91 m Freezing level: 768.66 mb = 2273.52 m = 7458.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.12 mb = 2233.54 m = 7327.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.95 % Est. max temperature: 17.04 C = 62.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.68 mb = 583.38 m = 1913.97 ft T: 6.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1689.27 m = 5542.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.93 C = 62.47 F Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lifted Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 23.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13171.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.74 mb = 899.89 m = 2952.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.9 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 356.9 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -28.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -5.8 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 6.45 m/s