MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 47.69,-84.34 Latitude: 47.69 Longitude: -84.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 961 463 13.1 12.7 97 0.4 12.9 351 8 289.5 291.2 287.6 316.6 9.62 2 950 558 12.5 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 356 12 289.9 291.6 287.7 316.8 9.54 3 900 1009 9.1 8.9 98 0.2 9.0 16 26 290.9 292.3 286.6 313.5 7.97 4 850 1481 7.2 5.7 90 1.5 6.3 7 21 293.6 294.9 286.5 313.2 6.77 5 800 1977 4.4 3.1 91 1.3 3.7 338 17 295.9 296.9 286.5 313.3 5.97 6 750 2500 1.4 -0.8 85 2.2 0.4 319 17 298.1 299.0 286.2 312.4 4.81 7 700 3053 -2.1 -3.9 87 1.9 -2.9 310 21 300.2 300.9 286.2 312.5 4.08 8 650 3638 -5.7 -6.0 97 0.3 -5.8 306 23 302.5 303.2 286.8 314.0 3.75 9 600 4261 -9.2 -15.8 59 6.6 -11.3 297 27 305.5 305.8 285.8 311.4 1.86 10 550 4929 -12.8 -38.2 10 25.4 -16.9 297 33 308.9 309.0 285.2 309.8 0.26 11 500 5649 -17.3 -36.6 17 19.4 -20.3 294 38 312.0 312.1 286.5 313.2 0.33 12 450 6430 -22.6 -40.2 19 17.6 -24.9 292 40 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.8 0.26 13 400 7283 -28.8 -44.7 20 15.9 -30.4 293 41 317.5 317.5 288.2 318.2 0.18 14 350 8222 -36.7 -47.9 30 11.3 -37.4 294 44 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.14 15 300 9270 -45.3 -52.1 46 6.8 -45.6 296 46 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.10 16 250 10462 -52.6 -58.2 51 5.6 -52.8 300 44 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.06 17 200 11903 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.2 314 37 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13781 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 321 28 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16417 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 330 22 427.9 427.9 308.6 428.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.65 m Freezing level: 729.61 mb = 2725.62 m = 8942.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.34 mb = 2561.01 m = 8402.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 18.86 C = 65.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.99 mb = 513.65 m = 1685.19 ft T: 12.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 937.06 m = 3074.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.29 C = 57.72 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 2.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 28.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.88 mb = 964.09 m = 3162.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.88 mb = 1010.36 m = 3314.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 869.88 mb = 1290.12 m = 4232.63 ft B at Equ Level: 13.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 569.88 mb = 4656.20 m = 15276.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.0 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 341.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -32.6 tot: -11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 61.78 m/s