MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.73,-65.79 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -65.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 -2 23.0 23.0 100 -0.0 23.0 120 5 294.7 297.9 295.6 345.4 17.68 1 1000 144 23.8 23.8 100 0.0 23.8 181 7 296.9 300.4 297.0 351.6 18.87 2 950 595 21.3 19.7 91 1.6 20.2 223 10 298.8 301.6 295.2 343.7 15.41 3 900 1062 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 230 9 300.0 302.2 293.4 336.2 12.37 4 850 1549 15.3 9.9 70 5.4 12.0 228 15 302.1 303.8 291.4 329.0 9.04 5 800 2062 13.4 0.7 42 12.8 6.7 221 20 305.5 306.4 289.0 320.9 5.03 6 750 2601 10.1 -10.9 22 21.0 1.3 223 22 307.5 308.0 286.9 314.6 2.21 7 700 3170 7.1 -16.7 17 23.8 -1.7 222 24 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.2 1.48 8 650 3776 4.8 -25.4 9 30.2 -4.4 219 29 314.3 314.5 287.7 316.9 0.74 9 600 4424 1.9 -24.3 12 26.2 -6.2 219 31 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.5 0.89 10 550 5120 -1.7 -23.7 17 21.9 -8.5 219 33 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.03 11 500 5872 -5.8 -23.1 24 17.3 -11.1 222 37 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.19 12 450 6689 -10.5 -19.2 49 8.7 -13.4 230 45 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.6 1.86 13 400 7586 -16.3 -20.6 69 4.3 -17.6 235 51 333.9 334.2 294.4 340.5 1.86 14 350 8577 -23.0 -27.1 69 4.2 -23.9 239 53 337.8 338.0 294.8 342.1 1.18 15 300 9690 -30.5 -36.6 55 6.0 -31.4 241 52 342.3 342.4 295.4 344.5 0.56 16 250 10963 -39.1 -44.2 59 5.1 -39.6 239 47 347.9 348.0 296.4 349.1 0.30 17 200 12449 -52.0 -58.0 48 6.0 -52.1 254 53 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.8 0.08 18 150 14250 -65.5 -71.6 42 6.1 -65.5 266 56 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16684 -68.5 -83.9 9 15.3 -68.7 244 31 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.09 m Freezing level: 573.74 mb = 4789.20 m = 15712.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.10 mb = 2845.21 m = 9334.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1017.52 mb = -1.75 m = -5.74 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 36.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.89 mb = 705.41 m = 2314.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.29 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 15.66 C K Index: 7.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.32 mb = 564.01 m = 1850.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.32 mb = 887.55 m = 2911.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.32 mb = 9492.21 m = 31142.03 ft B at Equ Level: 396.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.32 mb = 13167.52 m = 43200.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.30 Bulk Shear: 38.46 m/s