MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 43.34,-79.51 Latitude: 43.34 Longitude: -79.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 79 22.5 15.0 63 7.4 17.7 231 16 295.3 297.2 290.6 326.2 10.77 1 1000 114 22.3 13.2 56 9.2 16.5 231 18 295.5 297.2 289.7 323.0 9.55 2 950 557 18.1 11.2 64 6.9 13.9 235 23 295.6 297.2 289.1 321.1 8.84 3 900 1017 13.7 10.1 79 3.5 11.6 238 25 295.6 297.2 288.9 320.7 8.68 4 850 1495 9.2 8.7 97 0.4 8.9 242 27 295.7 297.2 288.7 319.9 8.35 5 800 1994 5.1 2.7 84 2.5 3.8 246 32 296.6 297.7 286.6 313.7 5.80 6 750 2518 1.8 -3.6 67 5.4 -0.6 249 29 298.5 299.2 285.4 310.2 3.90 7 700 3070 -1.3 -2.4 92 1.1 -1.8 251 28 301.0 301.9 287.1 314.8 4.59 8 650 3660 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.6 -3.7 254 29 305.1 305.9 288.2 318.5 4.37 9 600 4289 -7.0 -8.0 93 1.0 -7.4 255 28 308.0 308.7 288.4 319.0 3.50 10 550 4962 -11.4 -12.7 90 1.4 -11.9 252 27 310.6 311.1 288.4 319.0 2.61 11 500 5686 -16.3 -18.1 86 1.8 -16.9 253 27 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.2 1.83 12 450 6471 -21.4 -23.4 84 2.0 -21.8 256 26 316.4 316.6 289.0 320.8 1.29 13 400 7328 -28.0 -30.5 79 2.5 -28.4 256 27 318.6 318.8 289.1 321.3 0.76 14 350 8271 -35.5 -38.7 72 3.2 -35.8 240 29 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.38 15 300 9322 -45.2 -48.7 68 3.4 -45.4 232 38 321.6 321.6 289.4 322.2 0.15 16 250 10510 -54.7 -57.9 67 3.3 -54.8 238 41 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.06 17 200 11935 -53.4 -71.3 10 17.9 -53.7 272 32 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13796 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 279 25 381.4 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16419 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.4 296 14 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.73 m Freezing level: 721.27 mb = 2835.46 m = 9302.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.01 mb = 2442.43 m = 8013.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.50 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.11 mb = 1015.68 m = 3332.24 ft T: 13.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1401.36 m = 4597.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.46 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.89 mb = 1378.78 m = 4523.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.89 mb = 1427.47 m = 4683.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.89 mb = 6854.75 m = 22489.05 ft B at Equ Level: 229.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.89 mb = 11129.61 m = 36514.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 72.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.13 Bulk Shear: 11.38 m/s