MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 39 22.9 15.1 61 7.8 17.8 228 7 294.9 296.8 290.5 325.6 10.69 1 1000 163 24.4 12.6 48 11.8 17.0 236 14 297.6 299.2 290.1 324.4 9.21 2 950 610 21.0 10.0 49 11.0 14.3 253 21 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.3 8.13 3 900 1074 16.5 9.2 62 7.3 12.1 260 23 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.5 8.16 4 850 1557 11.9 8.2 78 3.6 9.7 261 24 298.6 300.0 289.4 322.2 8.06 5 800 2061 7.5 5.4 87 2.1 6.3 273 24 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.0 7.06 6 750 2590 4.3 0.2 75 4.0 2.2 298 19 301.2 302.2 287.7 316.8 5.19 7 700 3148 1.1 -3.9 69 5.0 -1.2 308 18 303.7 304.5 287.5 316.2 4.09 8 650 3741 -2.3 -7.1 70 4.8 -4.3 305 19 306.3 307.0 287.8 317.1 3.46 9 600 4371 -6.3 -9.5 78 3.2 -7.6 307 21 308.8 309.4 288.3 318.6 3.11 10 550 5046 -11.0 -13.6 81 2.6 -11.9 313 23 311.0 311.5 288.3 318.8 2.42 11 500 5771 -16.3 -17.9 88 1.5 -16.8 313 25 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.3 1.88 12 450 6554 -22.3 -22.9 94 0.7 -22.4 308 28 315.3 315.5 288.6 319.8 1.34 13 400 7407 -29.3 -29.8 96 0.5 -29.3 300 32 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.7 0.81 14 350 8345 -36.2 -47.4 31 11.2 -37.0 307 34 319.9 320.0 288.9 320.5 0.15 15 300 9395 -45.0 -56.5 26 11.5 -45.4 307 31 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.06 16 250 10593 -50.9 -63.3 22 12.4 -51.2 301 35 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.03 17 200 12039 -51.0 -71.9 7 20.9 -51.5 274 43 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13912 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 267 40 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 19 100 16509 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.6 272 26 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.51 m Freezing level: 683.80 mb = 3340.00 m = 10957.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.51 mb = 2948.08 m = 9672.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.99 mb = 1036.34 m = 3400.02 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.72 mb = 1940.10 m = 6365.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 31.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.67 mb = 1808.52 m = 5933.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.67 mb = 2167.41 m = 7110.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.67 mb = 9625.00 m = 31577.71 ft B at Equ Level: 329.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.67 mb = 11142.46 m = 36556.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 9.88 Bulk Shear: 34.08 m/s