MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 46.80,-72.00 Latitude: 46.80 Longitude: -72.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 996 155 26.2 19.5 67 6.7 21.5 216 11 299.7 302.3 294.8 342.0 14.47 2 950 570 20.8 17.2 80 3.6 18.4 219 18 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.4 13.12 3 900 1035 17.2 13.6 79 3.7 14.8 232 22 299.3 301.2 292.0 331.2 10.92 4 850 1521 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.5 263 26 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.6 9.04 5 800 2030 10.6 6.1 74 4.4 8.0 275 29 302.4 303.8 290.1 324.5 7.42 6 750 2564 6.9 3.8 81 3.1 5.2 273 27 304.1 305.4 290.1 324.4 6.73 7 700 3128 3.4 -0.4 76 3.8 1.4 273 28 306.2 307.2 289.5 322.4 5.30 8 650 3725 -0.3 -4.6 73 4.3 -2.3 275 29 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.7 4.19 9 600 4361 -4.5 -7.3 81 2.8 -5.7 277 31 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.5 3.68 10 550 5042 -8.4 -12.5 72 4.1 -9.9 276 32 314.1 314.6 289.6 322.7 2.66 11 500 5773 -13.3 -20.0 57 6.7 -15.3 271 35 316.8 317.1 289.4 322.1 1.57 12 450 6568 -18.4 -29.6 37 11.1 -20.7 270 34 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.73 13 400 7435 -24.7 -33.9 42 9.2 -26.2 264 32 322.9 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.54 14 350 8392 -31.6 -43.7 29 12.1 -32.8 258 33 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.23 15 300 9463 -40.5 -52.9 25 12.4 -41.1 262 34 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10677 -51.0 -56.7 51 5.7 -51.2 275 34 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.5 0.07 17 200 12091 -59.5 -66.7 38 7.2 -59.6 261 35 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 18 150 13912 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 265 39 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16488 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 267 29 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.79 m Freezing level: 654.22 mb = 3674.76 m = 12056.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.68 mb = 3353.42 m = 11001.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.24 mb = 1003.96 m = 3293.79 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1306.74 m = 4287.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.99 mb = 1149.07 m = 3769.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.99 mb = 1590.35 m = 5217.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.99 mb = 11692.29 m = 38360.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1444.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.99 mb = 14215.53 m = 46638.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 146.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 23.69 Bulk Shear: 61.12 m/s