MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.61,-79.89 Latitude: 42.61 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 994 175 18.8 18.0 95 0.8 18.3 238 24 292.5 294.8 291.7 329.8 13.17 2 950 560 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 239 34 292.0 293.9 289.6 323.0 10.93 3 900 1015 11.3 10.9 98 0.4 11.0 239 36 293.1 294.7 288.5 319.2 9.13 4 850 1490 8.5 8.2 97 0.4 8.3 238 32 295.1 296.5 288.2 318.3 8.03 5 800 1990 5.6 5.2 97 0.4 5.4 242 30 297.1 298.4 287.9 317.5 6.97 6 750 2515 2.7 1.8 93 1.0 2.2 253 28 299.6 300.6 287.7 316.8 5.81 7 700 3070 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 256 28 301.3 302.2 287.4 316.0 4.89 8 650 3658 -4.1 -4.7 95 0.7 -4.4 257 25 304.4 305.1 287.8 317.1 4.13 9 600 4286 -7.0 -8.0 93 0.9 -7.4 258 23 308.0 308.6 288.4 318.9 3.49 10 550 4961 -10.3 -11.5 91 1.2 -10.8 263 23 311.9 312.4 289.1 321.1 2.88 11 500 5689 -14.7 -16.3 87 1.7 -15.2 265 24 315.1 315.5 289.4 322.1 2.13 12 450 6478 -20.5 -22.6 83 2.1 -21.0 264 25 317.5 317.7 289.4 322.2 1.38 13 400 7338 -27.4 -29.9 79 2.6 -27.8 260 24 319.4 319.6 289.4 322.2 0.80 14 350 8282 -35.4 -38.5 73 3.1 -35.7 256 23 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.39 15 300 9333 -45.6 -48.8 70 3.2 -45.7 251 27 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.15 16 250 10517 -54.2 -59.8 51 5.5 -54.4 262 34 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.05 17 200 11952 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.2 284 30 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13817 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 292 27 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16439 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 282 14 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.92 m Freezing level: 714.33 mb = 2910.78 m = 9549.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.58 mb = 2859.24 m = 9380.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.64 % Est. max temperature: 21.67 C = 71.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.18 mb = 275.64 m = 904.34 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.14 mb = 611.59 m = 2006.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.44 C = 65.19 F Cap Strength: -0.24 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 342.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.54 mb = 652.71 m = 2141.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.54 mb = 697.62 m = 2288.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.54 mb = 9909.14 m = 32509.91 ft B at Equ Level: 338.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.54 mb = 11500.99 m = 37732.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -15.2 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 52.15 Bulk Shear: 6.58 m/s