MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 43.6,-84.4 Latitude: 43.60 Longitude: -84.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 988 202 20.7 20.0 96 0.6 20.2 217 4 294.8 297.5 293.8 337.9 15.06 2 950 543 20.4 19.6 95 0.8 19.9 245 18 297.9 300.7 294.8 342.2 15.28 3 900 1010 18.0 17.0 94 1.0 17.4 275 21 300.1 302.6 294.4 340.2 13.71 4 850 1499 16.0 14.3 90 1.7 14.9 273 17 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.9 12.16 5 800 2012 13.0 10.0 82 3.0 11.2 264 19 305.0 306.8 292.8 334.1 9.71 6 750 2552 9.9 6.6 80 3.3 7.9 251 23 307.3 308.8 292.3 332.1 8.15 7 700 3123 6.8 4.6 86 2.2 5.5 246 27 310.0 311.5 292.6 333.5 7.63 8 650 3729 3.5 1.7 88 1.8 2.5 245 30 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.7 6.68 9 600 4375 -0.3 -3.7 78 3.4 -2.0 248 32 315.8 316.8 292.1 331.3 4.86 10 550 5067 -4.0 -10.6 60 6.6 -6.8 254 32 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.5 3.10 11 500 5812 -8.3 -16.7 51 8.4 -11.2 255 33 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.0 2.08 12 450 6623 -12.5 -37.8 10 25.2 -17.4 266 39 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.33 13 400 7510 -19.5 -40.4 14 20.8 -22.8 273 45 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.28 14 350 8486 -27.0 -42.5 22 15.5 -28.9 266 47 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.26 15 300 9579 -34.7 -42.5 45 7.9 -35.5 247 54 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.7 0.30 16 250 10828 -43.8 -49.6 53 5.8 -44.2 234 71 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12286 -55.4 -61.8 45 6.3 -55.5 224 80 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14090 -59.6 -74.8 12 15.2 -59.8 255 59 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16635 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 240 24 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.54 m Freezing level: 603.47 mb = 4330.00 m = 14205.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.15 mb = 4082.54 m = 13394.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.11 mb = 281.98 m = 925.13 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 990.84 m = 3250.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 476.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.96 mb = 764.15 m = 2507.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.96 mb = 2001.96 m = 6568.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.96 mb = 10276.74 m = 33715.93 ft B at Equ Level: 475.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.96 mb = 13269.66 m = 43535.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 22.02 Bulk Shear: 21.62 m/s