MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 44.56,-76.45 Latitude: 44.56 Longitude: -76.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 997 147 21.3 15.5 70 5.8 17.5 195 14 294.8 296.8 290.8 326.9 11.20 2 950 557 15.8 13.9 89 1.9 14.6 199 23 293.2 295.1 289.8 323.3 10.55 3 900 1013 12.9 8.3 74 4.6 10.3 223 30 294.8 296.2 287.8 317.0 7.67 4 850 1491 9.1 4.9 75 4.1 6.8 228 34 295.6 296.8 286.9 314.3 6.41 5 800 1990 5.1 2.3 82 2.9 3.7 223 35 296.6 297.6 286.5 313.2 5.64 6 750 2513 1.7 -4.5 63 6.3 -1.0 228 34 298.4 299.1 285.1 309.4 3.64 7 700 3066 -0.8 -5.3 72 4.5 -2.8 242 32 301.6 302.2 286.3 312.8 3.67 8 650 3656 -3.2 -5.6 83 2.4 -4.3 240 29 305.3 306.0 287.8 317.2 3.86 9 600 4285 -6.7 -11.7 68 5.0 -8.5 239 28 308.4 308.8 287.6 316.6 2.61 10 550 4960 -11.2 -14.0 80 2.8 -12.2 236 29 310.8 311.3 288.2 318.4 2.36 11 500 5683 -16.4 -18.0 87 1.6 -16.9 241 31 313.1 313.4 288.5 319.2 1.85 12 450 6468 -21.4 -24.3 77 2.9 -22.1 247 35 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.3 1.19 13 400 7325 -27.8 -31.1 73 3.3 -28.3 247 37 318.9 319.1 289.2 321.4 0.71 14 350 8269 -35.5 -38.8 72 3.2 -35.8 245 40 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.2 0.38 15 300 9321 -44.7 -47.5 74 2.7 -44.9 241 46 322.3 322.3 289.6 323.0 0.18 16 250 10512 -55.7 -56.7 89 1.0 -55.7 239 52 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.07 17 200 11910 -55.3 -69.2 16 13.9 -55.5 261 41 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13771 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 260 24 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16406 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 266 13 428.3 428.3 308.6 428.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.57 m Freezing level: 716.50 mb = 2883.87 m = 9461.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.04 mb = 2394.70 m = 7856.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.40 % Est. max temperature: 22.26 C = 72.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.90 mb = 874.78 m = 2869.98 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1156.11 m = 3792.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.95 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 25.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.70 mb = 1025.59 m = 3364.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.70 mb = 1357.43 m = 4453.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.70 mb = 7437.47 m = 24400.86 ft B at Equ Level: 271.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.70 mb = 11494.63 m = 37711.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 169.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 41.07 m/s