MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 43.94,-71.70 Latitude: 43.94 Longitude: -71.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 963 499 25.2 17.6 63 7.6 19.9 302 7 301.6 304.0 294.5 340.7 13.28 2 950 618 24.0 16.4 63 7.5 18.8 301 9 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.2 12.46 3 900 1088 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.6 302 12 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.3 12.15 4 850 1577 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.4 300 11 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.0 12.02 5 800 2087 10.6 9.5 93 1.1 9.9 296 13 302.5 304.2 291.8 330.3 9.36 6 750 2622 6.7 3.2 79 3.4 4.8 303 11 303.8 305.0 289.8 323.3 6.45 7 700 3184 3.7 -6.5 47 10.2 -0.9 284 8 306.5 307.2 287.8 317.0 3.35 8 650 3784 1.7 -20.4 18 22.1 -5.5 281 16 310.8 311.1 287.0 314.7 1.16 9 600 4424 -2.3 -25.4 15 23.1 -8.8 281 17 313.5 313.6 287.5 316.2 0.81 10 550 5108 -6.7 -31.4 12 24.7 -12.4 273 18 316.1 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.50 11 500 5844 -11.3 -40.4 7 29.0 -16.3 263 18 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.1 0.23 12 450 6643 -17.4 -39.3 13 21.9 -20.9 263 20 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.28 13 400 7512 -24.2 -46.2 11 22.0 -26.6 263 23 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.1 0.15 14 350 8470 -31.6 -50.8 13 19.2 -33.1 263 26 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.10 15 300 9541 -40.0 -56.3 16 16.2 -40.8 267 32 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 16 250 10760 -49.2 -62.4 20 13.2 -49.6 258 38 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.03 17 200 12201 -53.8 -69.8 12 16.0 -54.1 249 51 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14045 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 254 49 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16598 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 260 31 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.86 m Freezing level: 628.99 mb = 4053.00 m = 13297.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.56 mb = 3096.85 m = 10160.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.24 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.08 mb = 1456.23 m = 4777.61 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1613.72 m = 5294.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.33 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.47 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1337.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.93 mb = 1597.38 m = 5240.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.93 mb = 1647.15 m = 5403.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.93 mb = 11216.70 m = 36799.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1334.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.93 mb = 13920.75 m = 45671.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 255.75 Bulk Shear: 5.23 m/s