MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 45.80,-73.19 Latitude: 45.80 Longitude: -73.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 17 25.7 18.9 66 6.8 21.0 21 9 297.3 299.7 293.4 336.6 13.60 1 1000 178 24.3 17.8 67 6.5 19.9 29 11 297.5 299.8 293.0 334.9 12.94 2 950 626 20.3 16.8 81 3.5 17.9 46 8 297.8 300.1 293.0 334.8 12.78 3 900 1091 16.6 15.5 94 1.1 15.9 172 4 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.7 12.42 4 850 1577 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 217 14 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.8 11.43 5 800 2084 9.1 8.5 96 0.7 8.8 234 16 300.9 302.5 290.7 326.6 8.71 6 750 2616 5.6 -0.3 65 6.0 2.7 253 14 302.7 303.6 288.0 317.8 4.99 7 700 3177 3.5 -10.5 35 13.9 -2.1 265 17 306.3 306.8 286.8 314.1 2.46 8 650 3775 0.5 -16.3 27 16.8 -5.4 269 21 309.5 309.8 287.0 314.8 1.64 9 600 4412 -3.2 -21.8 22 18.6 -8.8 270 25 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.2 1.11 10 550 5094 -8.0 -20.2 37 12.2 -11.8 269 26 314.5 314.8 288.5 319.2 1.39 11 500 5826 -13.2 -30.9 21 17.7 -16.9 271 27 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.0 0.58 12 450 6620 -18.7 -36.2 20 17.5 -21.6 275 27 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.39 13 400 7487 -24.9 -42.6 18 17.7 -27.1 274 29 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.5 0.22 14 350 8441 -32.6 -49.4 17 16.7 -33.9 271 34 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 15 300 9508 -41.2 -54.3 23 13.1 -41.9 265 40 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 16 250 10721 -50.7 -55.7 56 4.9 -50.9 261 48 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.08 17 200 12149 -54.4 -69.2 15 14.8 -54.7 263 55 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13995 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 266 52 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16567 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 269 29 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.51 m Freezing level: 643.77 mb = 3854.20 m = 12644.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.36 mb = 2921.50 m = 9584.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.64 mb = 877.50 m = 2878.90 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.50 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1198.58 m = 3932.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 26.57 C K Index: 26.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1292.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.41 mb = 1039.47 m = 3410.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.41 mb = 1473.10 m = 4832.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.41 mb = 11243.26 m = 36886.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1277.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.41 mb = 13976.98 m = 45855.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.7 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 293.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 156.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.70 Bulk Shear: 82.29 m/s