MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 45.74,-72.27 Latitude: 45.74 Longitude: -72.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 156 24.3 17.7 67 6.6 19.8 122 2 296.7 299.0 292.6 333.4 12.73 1 1000 242 23.4 16.5 65 6.9 18.8 124 2 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.7 11.85 2 950 687 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 134 3 296.5 298.7 291.9 330.6 11.78 3 900 1148 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 145 4 296.7 298.7 291.7 330.0 11.55 4 850 1630 11.3 9.0 86 2.3 9.9 214 9 297.9 299.5 289.6 322.8 8.50 5 800 2133 7.7 3.3 74 4.4 5.4 244 11 299.4 300.5 287.9 317.5 6.08 6 750 2662 5.1 -5.4 46 10.6 0.4 258 8 302.2 302.8 286.2 312.6 3.40 7 700 3222 2.5 -15.9 24 18.4 -4.0 278 5 305.3 305.5 285.4 310.3 1.58 8 650 3817 -1.0 -21.7 19 20.7 -7.2 281 5 307.9 308.1 285.8 311.3 1.04 9 600 4450 -5.0 -27.0 16 22.0 -10.6 280 7 310.4 310.5 286.3 312.8 0.70 10 550 5128 -9.2 -34.5 11 25.3 -14.2 283 10 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.5 0.37 11 500 5857 -14.0 -38.3 11 24.3 -18.1 287 12 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.0 0.28 12 450 6647 -19.9 -38.2 18 18.3 -22.7 279 17 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.4 0.31 13 400 7510 -25.5 -43.5 17 18.0 -27.5 268 28 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.20 14 350 8468 -30.6 -39.0 44 8.4 -31.7 262 44 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.37 15 300 9543 -39.6 -45.9 51 6.3 -40.1 257 50 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.21 16 250 10763 -48.5 -56.2 40 7.7 -48.8 251 56 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12217 -51.0 -72.4 6 21.4 -51.4 248 51 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14078 -53.7 -81.0 2 27.3 -54.1 258 43 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16648 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 271 23 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.32 m Freezing level: 663.93 mb = 3651.22 m = 11978.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.11 mb = 2715.43 m = 8908.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.58 mb = 992.46 m = 3256.06 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.88 mb = 1140.11 m = 3740.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 15.89 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.45 mb = 1125.19 m = 3691.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.45 mb = 1172.31 m = 3846.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.45 mb = 8932.07 m = 29304.35 ft B at Equ Level: 650.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.45 mb = 12299.55 m = 40352.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 53.36 Bulk Shear: 12.20 m/s