MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 43.71,-76.20 Latitude: 43.71 Longitude: -76.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 999 124 17.1 16.7 98 0.3 16.9 199 5 290.3 292.5 290.1 324.3 12.09 2 950 548 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 216 14 291.2 293.1 288.9 320.6 10.40 3 900 1002 10.9 10.6 98 0.2 10.7 228 31 292.7 294.3 288.2 318.3 8.96 4 850 1477 8.2 7.6 96 0.6 7.9 233 35 294.7 296.1 287.8 317.0 7.73 5 800 1976 5.6 4.9 96 0.6 5.2 230 34 297.1 298.3 287.8 317.1 6.82 6 750 2501 2.2 1.3 94 0.9 1.8 225 33 299.0 300.0 287.3 315.7 5.62 7 700 3055 -1.2 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.4 219 33 301.1 302.0 287.3 315.8 4.88 8 650 3644 -3.6 -4.1 96 0.5 -3.8 216 34 304.9 305.7 288.2 318.2 4.34 9 600 4273 -6.7 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.1 217 36 308.4 309.0 288.6 319.7 3.62 10 550 4948 -10.9 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.3 221 38 311.2 311.7 288.8 320.0 2.75 11 500 5673 -16.1 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.6 224 39 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.6 1.89 12 450 6458 -21.5 -23.6 83 2.1 -22.0 223 38 316.2 316.5 288.9 320.5 1.26 13 400 7314 -28.0 -30.7 78 2.6 -28.5 222 34 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.74 14 350 8257 -35.8 -39.0 72 3.2 -36.1 227 34 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.9 0.37 15 300 9308 -45.4 -48.7 69 3.4 -45.5 229 37 321.4 321.5 289.3 322.0 0.15 16 250 10493 -55.7 -59.7 61 4.0 -55.8 237 43 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.05 17 200 11918 -51.5 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 250 30 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13789 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 263 23 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16418 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -53.1 258 17 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.37 m Freezing level: 717.86 mb = 2857.27 m = 9374.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.91 mb = 2807.73 m = 9211.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.82 % Est. max temperature: 21.51 C = 70.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.09 mb = 162.76 m = 533.99 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.07 mb = 574.15 m = 1883.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.03 C = 64.46 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.68 mb = 586.46 m = 1924.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.68 mb = 631.00 m = 2070.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.68 mb = 6122.92 m = 20088.07 ft B at Equ Level: 167.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.68 mb = 10475.56 m = 34368.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.4 neg: -30.0 tot: 80.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s