MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 47.52,-71.66 Latitude: 47.52 Longitude: -71.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 548 SFC 935 685 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 212 13 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.1 13.14 3 900 1013 16.0 15.0 94 1.0 15.3 216 21 298.0 300.1 292.4 332.7 11.96 4 850 1497 13.2 10.7 85 2.4 11.7 242 33 299.9 301.7 291.2 328.0 9.57 5 800 2005 10.3 7.1 80 3.2 8.4 264 36 302.1 303.6 290.5 325.7 7.91 6 750 2539 6.4 3.7 83 2.7 4.9 275 39 303.5 304.8 289.9 323.6 6.68 7 700 3101 2.8 0.3 84 2.5 1.5 274 39 305.5 306.6 289.5 322.5 5.58 8 650 3698 -0.6 -3.5 81 2.8 -2.0 270 39 308.3 309.1 289.5 322.4 4.56 9 600 4333 -4.4 -7.3 80 3.0 -5.7 268 41 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.7 3.67 10 550 5013 -8.6 -11.3 81 2.7 -9.6 262 43 313.9 314.5 289.8 323.4 2.94 11 500 5746 -12.8 -19.2 59 6.4 -14.7 259 44 317.4 317.8 289.7 323.1 1.68 12 450 6542 -18.6 -29.1 39 10.5 -20.8 255 47 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.6 0.77 13 400 7407 -25.1 -40.2 23 15.0 -27.1 252 46 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.4 0.29 14 350 8362 -32.4 -47.0 22 14.6 -33.7 247 49 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.16 15 300 9427 -41.9 -48.8 47 6.9 -42.3 248 49 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.15 16 250 10633 -52.8 -56.3 66 3.5 -52.9 253 44 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.08 17 200 12040 -59.0 -68.4 29 9.4 -59.1 257 45 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.02 18 150 13863 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 268 45 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16455 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 263 28 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.92 m Freezing level: 659.17 mb = 3588.25 m = 11772.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.53 mb = 3351.93 m = 10997.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.64 C = 74.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.17 mb = 1163.00 m = 3815.56 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.65 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1537.23 m = 5043.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.39 mb = 1413.52 m = 4637.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.39 mb = 1969.41 m = 6461.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.39 mb = 11342.30 m = 37211.83 ft B at Equ Level: 825.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.39 mb = 13321.25 m = 43704.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.1 neg: -8.9 tot: 260.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 105.35 m/s