MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 52.9,-73.9 Latitude: 52.90 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 961 411 21.6 19.2 86 2.4 20.0 210 10 298.2 300.9 294.6 341.1 14.77 2 950 506 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 212 12 297.4 299.9 293.8 337.8 13.96 3 900 970 16.0 15.3 95 0.7 15.5 230 19 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.4 12.20 4 850 1455 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.8 228 18 300.4 302.4 292.2 331.6 10.62 5 800 1964 11.0 9.4 90 1.6 10.0 233 20 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.6 9.30 6 750 2501 8.2 6.3 88 1.9 7.1 231 21 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.6 8.00 7 700 3068 5.2 2.6 83 2.6 3.8 232 24 308.2 309.5 291.3 328.4 6.59 8 650 3670 2.6 -5.8 54 8.4 -1.3 233 28 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.0 3.81 9 600 4315 0.0 -19.0 22 19.0 -6.5 232 29 316.1 316.4 289.0 320.9 1.42 10 550 5004 -5.2 -21.1 27 15.9 -10.1 231 28 318.0 318.2 289.5 322.4 1.29 11 500 5745 -9.6 -32.1 14 22.5 -14.7 237 31 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.2 0.52 12 450 6553 -13.7 -42.2 7 28.5 -18.4 243 37 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 13 400 7436 -19.8 -41.7 12 21.9 -23.1 244 42 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.25 14 350 8413 -26.7 -42.4 21 15.7 -28.7 242 46 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.26 15 300 9505 -35.2 -45.0 36 9.8 -36.1 240 59 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.23 16 250 10753 -44.1 -51.7 43 7.5 -44.5 238 79 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.13 17 200 12208 -55.5 -64.6 31 9.1 -55.7 238 89 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14020 -59.1 -77.8 7 18.7 -59.3 234 51 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16566 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 245 24 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.94 m Freezing level: 599.97 mb = 4315.33 m = 14157.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.59 mb = 3514.48 m = 11530.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.77 mb = 709.08 m = 2326.35 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.19 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1043.73 m = 3424.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.20 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.19 mb = 1024.72 m = 3361.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.19 mb = 1168.27 m = 3832.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 629.19 mb = 3932.47 m = 12901.65 ft B at Equ Level: 48.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 339.19 mb = 8635.04 m = 28329.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.48 Bulk Shear: 17.13 m/s