MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 45.51,-73.90 Latitude: 45.51 Longitude: -73.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 38 26.7 13.4 44 13.3 18.1 240 13 298.6 300.4 290.7 326.6 9.57 1 1000 161 24.9 11.7 44 13.1 16.6 242 17 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.4 8.68 2 950 608 20.4 10.6 53 9.9 14.4 243 20 297.9 299.5 289.5 322.6 8.45 3 900 1072 16.0 9.7 66 6.3 12.1 244 21 298.0 299.5 289.5 322.5 8.39 4 850 1553 11.3 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 247 22 297.9 299.4 289.3 322.0 8.22 5 800 2056 7.2 3.1 75 4.1 5.1 268 22 298.8 299.9 287.6 316.6 6.00 6 750 2584 3.6 -4.0 58 7.5 0.1 286 20 300.5 301.2 286.1 312.0 3.80 7 700 3141 1.2 -7.6 52 8.8 -2.5 295 19 303.9 304.4 286.5 313.4 3.08 8 650 3733 -2.5 -11.3 51 8.8 -5.8 297 21 306.2 306.6 286.8 314.0 2.49 9 600 4362 -6.8 -17.2 43 10.5 -10.1 296 23 308.3 308.6 286.6 313.7 1.65 10 550 5036 -11.0 -26.0 28 15.0 -14.6 294 24 311.0 311.1 286.6 313.8 0.83 11 500 5760 -16.1 -28.6 33 12.5 -18.7 292 27 313.4 313.6 287.4 315.9 0.72 12 450 6543 -22.4 -34.9 31 12.5 -24.4 288 27 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.6 0.44 13 400 7395 -29.3 -42.6 27 13.2 -30.7 287 29 316.9 316.9 288.0 317.7 0.22 14 350 8333 -36.6 -50.3 23 13.7 -37.5 291 31 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.8 0.11 15 300 9383 -44.7 -54.3 33 9.7 -45.0 296 32 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.08 16 250 10578 -52.5 -61.8 32 9.3 -52.7 284 34 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.04 17 200 12019 -50.9 -74.2 5 23.3 -51.4 274 50 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13890 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 273 42 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16489 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 273 25 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.03 m Freezing level: 683.35 mb = 3337.90 m = 10950.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.40 mb = 2611.68 m = 8568.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.03 mb = 1700.83 m = 5580.08 ft T: 10.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.11 mb = 1890.94 m = 6203.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 27.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 354.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.59 mb = 1825.32 m = 5988.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.59 mb = 1978.00 m = 6489.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.59 mb = 9435.61 m = 30956.36 ft B at Equ Level: 350.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.59 mb = 11474.58 m = 37645.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 75.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.53 Bulk Shear: 22.79 m/s