MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-80.51 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -80.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 983 268 18.6 14.9 79 3.8 16.2 244 12 293.2 295.1 290.0 324.2 10.86 2 950 561 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 14.0 245 22 293.2 295.0 289.2 321.4 9.87 3 900 1018 12.0 10.4 90 1.6 11.0 247 27 293.8 295.4 288.5 319.1 8.81 4 850 1494 8.5 6.4 86 2.1 7.3 245 30 295.1 296.3 287.3 315.6 7.09 5 800 1992 4.8 0.5 74 4.3 2.7 242 30 296.2 297.1 285.6 310.8 4.95 6 750 2515 1.5 -0.0 90 1.5 0.7 247 28 298.2 299.1 286.5 313.3 5.10 7 700 3069 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 256 29 301.9 302.8 287.9 317.3 5.13 8 650 3659 -3.3 -3.7 97 0.4 -3.5 263 26 305.2 306.1 288.4 319.0 4.49 9 600 4288 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.2 268 24 308.1 308.8 288.5 319.3 3.58 10 550 4962 -11.4 -13.0 88 1.6 -12.0 270 23 310.5 311.0 288.3 318.7 2.56 11 500 5685 -16.5 -18.6 84 2.1 -17.1 265 25 312.9 313.2 288.3 318.7 1.76 12 450 6470 -21.4 -23.5 83 2.2 -21.9 253 25 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.7 1.27 13 400 7328 -27.4 -29.9 79 2.5 -27.8 242 29 319.4 319.6 289.4 322.2 0.80 14 350 8274 -34.9 -38.1 72 3.2 -35.2 240 38 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.2 0.41 15 300 9327 -44.9 -48.2 69 3.4 -45.0 253 47 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.16 16 250 10515 -54.5 -58.1 65 3.5 -54.6 266 47 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.06 17 200 11943 -52.6 -72.0 8 19.4 -52.9 278 35 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13803 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 295 31 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16424 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 298 15 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.31 m Freezing level: 713.91 mb = 2915.23 m = 9564.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.33 mb = 2783.82 m = 9133.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.88 % Est. max temperature: 20.88 C = 69.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.65 mb = 744.31 m = 2441.95 ft T: 14.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.50 mb = 1096.98 m = 3598.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.47 C = 67.04 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 169.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.47 mb = 1032.14 m = 3386.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.47 mb = 1267.22 m = 4157.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 463.47 mb = 6250.13 m = 20505.43 ft B at Equ Level: 168.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.47 mb = 9248.65 m = 30342.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: -6.4 tot: 72.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 22.16 Bulk Shear: 7.63 m/s