MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 46.33,-76.18 Latitude: 46.33 Longitude: -76.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 239 9.2 7.3 88 1.9 8.2 192 5 283.5 284.6 282.0 301.6 6.52 2 950 546 6.6 6.2 98 0.4 6.3 214 10 283.8 284.9 281.8 301.2 6.26 3 900 987 3.8 3.3 96 0.5 3.5 218 12 285.4 286.3 281.5 300.5 5.37 4 850 1452 3.7 2.3 90 1.4 3.0 209 14 290.1 291.0 283.5 305.3 5.32 5 800 1942 0.9 -0.8 88 1.7 0.1 195 15 292.1 292.9 283.5 305.2 4.50 6 750 2459 -1.2 -5.5 73 4.3 -3.0 177 16 295.2 295.8 283.5 305.3 3.37 7 700 3005 -4.9 -7.5 82 2.6 -5.9 172 11 297.1 297.7 284.0 306.5 3.11 8 650 3584 -8.7 -10.1 90 1.4 -9.2 174 6 299.1 299.6 284.4 307.4 2.73 9 600 4199 -12.7 -16.8 71 4.1 -13.9 150 6 301.4 301.7 284.1 306.8 1.71 10 550 4858 -17.1 -27.8 39 10.7 -19.2 137 8 303.8 303.9 283.8 306.2 0.71 11 500 5564 -22.4 -32.2 41 9.8 -23.9 128 9 305.7 305.8 284.4 307.4 0.51 12 450 6327 -28.7 -38.5 38 9.8 -29.7 122 8 307.2 307.3 284.7 308.3 0.31 13 400 7159 -34.5 -49.4 21 14.9 -35.4 116 7 310.2 310.2 285.5 310.6 0.11 14 350 8081 -40.2 -56.7 16 16.5 -40.9 112 7 314.5 314.6 287.0 314.7 0.05 15 300 9123 -43.6 -63.7 9 20.0 -44.2 116 6 323.8 323.9 289.9 323.9 0.02 16 250 10345 -43.8 -71.0 3 27.2 -44.5 154 5 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.01 17 200 11845 -44.4 -75.4 2 31.1 -45.2 204 5 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13750 -48.5 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.3 254 6 386.4 386.4 303.3 386.4 0.01 19 100 16396 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.5 270 7 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5442.80 m Freezing level: 778.63 mb = 2163.00 m = 7096.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.84 mb = 1963.72 m = 6442.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.63 % Est. max temperature: 16.30 C = 61.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.90 mb = 477.10 m = 1565.27 ft T: 7.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 1.03 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 789.09 m = 2588.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.41 C = 50.74 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 5.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 25.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14718.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.90 mb = 764.05 m = 2506.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.7 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 204.7 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -27.8 tot: -27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 4.70 m/s