MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.60,-79.82 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -79.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 970 433 9.8 9.5 98 0.3 9.6 284 2 285.4 286.8 284.1 306.8 7.69 2 950 611 13.7 5.4 57 8.3 9.2 309 13 291.1 292.1 284.6 308.1 5.91 3 900 1063 9.5 4.5 71 5.0 6.8 303 13 291.2 292.3 284.6 308.1 5.87 4 850 1533 4.9 3.6 91 1.3 4.2 302 13 291.3 292.3 284.6 308.0 5.84 5 800 2025 1.3 -0.1 90 1.4 0.7 297 15 292.6 293.4 284.0 306.4 4.75 6 750 2541 -1.7 -4.3 82 2.6 -2.9 310 15 294.7 295.4 283.7 305.7 3.70 7 700 3087 -4.8 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.0 308 17 297.1 297.6 283.1 304.3 2.35 8 650 3667 -6.3 -32.3 11 26.0 -11.6 305 16 301.9 301.9 282.7 303.2 0.39 9 600 4289 -9.3 -41.2 6 31.9 -14.3 306 20 305.4 305.4 283.8 306.0 0.17 10 550 4956 -13.5 -28.0 28 14.5 -16.6 306 22 308.1 308.2 285.5 310.4 0.69 11 500 5673 -19.0 -30.8 35 11.8 -21.2 308 22 309.8 309.9 286.0 311.8 0.59 12 450 6449 -24.5 -32.9 46 8.3 -25.8 317 25 312.4 312.5 286.8 314.2 0.54 13 400 7294 -30.9 -42.2 32 11.3 -32.0 323 31 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.23 14 350 8226 -38.3 -49.3 31 11.0 -39.0 325 35 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.5 0.12 15 300 9266 -47.4 -54.7 43 7.3 -47.6 327 29 318.6 318.6 288.4 318.9 0.08 16 250 10449 -52.5 -63.4 25 11.0 -52.7 320 34 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.03 17 200 11914 -46.1 -76.7 2 30.6 -46.9 300 33 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13810 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 286 29 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16431 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 266 22 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.96 m Freezing level: 778.12 mb = 2250.74 m = 7384.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 790.55 mb = 2119.71 m = 6954.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.65 % Est. max temperature: 16.38 C = 61.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.48 mb = 474.58 m = 1556.99 ft T: 10.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 4.91 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1674.27 m = 5492.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.99 C = 60.78 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 4.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 21.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.84 mb = 1554.03 m = 5098.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.84 mb = 2096.56 m = 6878.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.84 mb = 2617.16 m = 8586.39 ft B at Equ Level: 14.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.84 mb = 3396.77 m = 11144.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 336.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.52 Bulk Shear: 5.97 m/s