MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.20,-75.89 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -75.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 SFC 979 387 18.8 11.6 63 7.2 14.4 337 5 293.7 295.3 288.4 319.0 8.82 2 950 643 17.5 11.8 69 5.7 14.0 347 12 295.0 296.6 289.2 321.4 9.17 3 900 1103 13.6 10.7 83 2.8 11.9 354 12 295.5 297.1 289.2 321.6 9.03 4 850 1581 8.9 7.4 90 1.5 8.0 357 12 295.5 296.9 287.9 317.6 7.61 5 800 2079 5.0 -0.1 69 5.1 2.5 5 10 296.5 297.4 285.5 310.6 4.75 6 750 2605 4.8 -32.9 4 37.7 -4.3 340 13 301.8 301.8 282.5 302.9 0.32 7 700 3165 4.1 -30.4 6 34.5 -4.8 299 16 307.0 307.1 284.8 308.5 0.44 8 650 3764 1.3 -30.1 8 31.4 -6.8 271 21 310.4 310.5 286.1 312.1 0.48 9 600 4402 -3.3 -28.2 12 25.0 -9.6 271 27 312.3 312.5 286.9 314.5 0.62 10 550 5083 -7.7 -39.2 6 31.5 -13.6 271 30 314.9 315.0 287.3 315.8 0.23 11 500 5818 -11.7 -52.1 2 40.4 -16.9 273 38 318.8 318.8 288.4 319.1 0.06 12 450 6616 -16.7 -46.0 6 29.3 -20.7 266 52 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.14 13 400 7491 -21.9 -43.3 13 21.4 -24.7 260 62 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.21 14 350 8459 -29.2 -39.0 38 9.9 -30.4 256 68 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.9 0.37 15 300 9543 -35.2 -52.8 15 17.6 -36.4 250 86 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.10 16 250 10797 -43.2 -59.6 15 16.4 -43.9 243 99 341.8 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 17 200 12267 -51.6 -65.8 17 14.3 -51.9 243 92 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.03 18 150 14095 -58.2 -80.8 4 22.6 -58.5 249 82 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16626 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 257 43 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.74 m Freezing level: 635.80 mb = 3945.22 m = 12943.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.32 mb = 2271.60 m = 7452.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.41 % Est. max temperature: 20.98 C = 69.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.05 mb = 1290.18 m = 4232.83 ft T: 11.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.43 mb = 1469.07 m = 4819.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.55 C = 68.98 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.03 C K Index: -6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.35 mb = 1411.76 m = 4631.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.35 mb = 1557.63 m = 5110.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.35 mb = 2471.77 m = 8109.38 ft B at Equ Level: 33.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.35 mb = 3138.14 m = 10295.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -20.4 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 46.51 m/s