MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 45.22,-75.10 Latitude: 45.22 Longitude: -75.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 79 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 37 5 286.5 288.2 286.5 313.5 9.71 1 1000 114 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 36 6 286.9 288.6 286.8 314.0 9.77 2 950 545 11.9 11.3 96 0.7 11.6 306 5 289.3 290.9 286.8 314.2 8.85 3 900 998 11.1 9.9 93 1.2 10.4 211 19 292.9 294.4 287.9 317.3 8.54 4 850 1473 7.5 5.5 87 2.0 6.4 217 31 294.0 295.2 286.5 313.3 6.68 5 800 1969 4.5 2.7 88 1.7 3.6 214 33 295.9 297.0 286.4 313.0 5.83 6 750 2492 1.0 0.3 95 0.8 0.7 211 34 297.7 298.6 286.4 313.1 5.20 7 700 3045 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 209 34 300.7 301.6 287.1 314.9 4.72 8 650 3633 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.7 -4.7 210 33 304.0 304.7 287.5 316.4 4.03 9 600 4260 -7.6 -8.6 93 1.0 -8.0 209 34 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.7 3.33 10 550 4932 -11.7 -13.0 90 1.3 -12.1 210 34 310.3 310.7 288.2 318.5 2.56 11 500 5655 -16.4 -18.1 87 1.7 -16.9 211 34 313.0 313.3 288.4 319.0 1.83 12 450 6438 -22.4 -24.7 82 2.2 -22.9 212 33 315.0 315.3 288.4 318.9 1.15 13 400 7292 -29.0 -31.6 78 2.6 -29.4 211 34 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.7 0.68 14 350 8231 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 208 41 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.35 15 300 9279 -45.8 -49.2 68 3.4 -46.0 211 52 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.3 0.14 16 250 10464 -55.4 -60.5 53 5.1 -55.5 216 50 323.8 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.04 17 200 11889 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.7 -52.4 234 31 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13765 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 246 17 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16405 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -52.1 266 12 428.7 428.7 308.7 428.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5541.28 m Freezing level: 730.31 mb = 2709.87 m = 8890.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.50 mb = 2637.67 m = 8653.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.42 % Est. max temperature: 21.11 C = 70.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.12 mb = 104.47 m = 342.74 ft T: 13.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1052.44 m = 3452.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 29.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.88 mb = 599.09 m = 1965.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.88 mb = 2186.09 m = 7172.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.88 mb = 2943.94 m = 9658.47 ft B at Equ Level: 27.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 628.88 mb = 3891.36 m = 12766.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.9 neg: -48.1 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 153.70 m/s