MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 1011 39 24.7 16.2 59 8.4 19.1 247 8 296.9 299.0 291.8 330.3 11.56 1 1000 137 26.8 13.5 44 13.3 18.2 253 15 300.0 301.7 291.3 328.6 9.75 2 950 588 23.4 10.4 44 13.0 15.4 261 23 301.0 302.5 290.5 325.8 8.38 3 900 1056 19.0 9.0 52 10.1 12.9 261 24 301.1 302.6 290.2 324.9 8.01 4 850 1544 15.1 3.7 46 11.4 8.8 263 23 302.0 303.1 288.6 319.6 5.87 5 800 2053 11.6 -5.2 30 16.8 3.8 267 18 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.5 3.23 6 750 2588 7.9 -9.9 27 17.9 0.5 273 17 305.2 305.6 286.3 312.7 2.39 7 700 3153 4.3 -9.9 35 14.2 -1.6 280 18 307.2 307.7 287.2 315.4 2.57 8 650 3751 0.5 -9.7 46 10.2 -3.7 279 19 309.6 310.1 288.3 318.5 2.82 9 600 4388 -3.1 -16.1 36 13.0 -7.6 278 22 312.6 312.9 288.3 318.5 1.81 10 550 5071 -7.6 -18.8 40 11.2 -11.2 281 25 315.0 315.3 288.8 320.3 1.57 11 500 5805 -12.8 -29.2 24 16.4 -16.5 281 27 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.8 0.68 12 450 6600 -17.9 -40.4 12 22.6 -21.3 281 25 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.7 0.25 13 400 7469 -24.1 -38.0 27 13.9 -26.1 283 24 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.36 14 350 8428 -31.6 -39.0 48 7.4 -32.4 277 24 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.37 15 300 9498 -40.6 -47.1 50 6.4 -41.1 286 21 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.18 16 250 10711 -50.9 -58.6 40 7.6 -51.1 283 25 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 17 200 12137 -56.1 -65.7 29 9.7 -56.2 272 33 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13969 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 262 37 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16534 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 262 23 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.41 m Freezing level: 642.72 mb = 3843.92 m = 12611.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.09 mb = 2719.19 m = 8921.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.64 mb = 1116.97 m = 3664.54 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2609.58 m = 8561.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 16.51 C K Index: 17.41 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6730.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.53 mb = 2047.70 m = 6718.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 51.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 6.18 m/s