MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.36,-72.06 Latitude: 42.36 Longitude: -72.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 227 SFC 997 254 27.7 19.6 61 8.1 22.0 66 7 301.1 303.8 295.3 343.9 14.55 2 950 677 22.2 17.3 74 4.9 18.8 65 9 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.16 3 900 1145 17.6 16.0 90 1.7 16.5 63 9 299.7 302.0 293.6 337.1 12.78 4 850 1631 13.6 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 47 7 300.4 302.2 291.5 329.2 9.79 5 800 2138 9.9 5.0 72 4.8 7.2 35 8 301.7 302.9 289.4 322.1 6.86 6 750 2671 6.3 -1.0 60 7.2 2.7 59 7 303.4 304.2 288.0 317.8 4.75 7 700 3235 5.1 -14.8 22 19.9 -2.4 205 0 308.1 308.4 286.6 313.7 1.73 8 650 3837 3.0 -33.2 5 36.2 -6.0 260 6 312.4 312.4 286.6 313.6 0.36 9 600 4480 -0.8 -35.8 5 34.9 -8.8 253 12 315.1 315.2 287.5 316.2 0.30 10 550 5168 -4.9 -41.2 4 36.3 -11.9 261 12 318.2 318.3 288.4 318.9 0.19 11 500 5909 -10.2 -38.3 8 28.1 -15.5 268 14 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.28 12 450 6711 -15.0 -46.5 5 31.4 -19.5 266 17 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.13 13 400 7591 -20.7 -43.6 11 22.9 -23.9 261 26 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.20 14 350 8565 -27.3 -47.9 12 20.6 -29.5 255 37 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.14 15 300 9658 -34.2 -40.1 55 5.9 -34.9 256 57 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.6 0.39 16 250 10910 -43.9 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.2 252 73 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12368 -54.4 -61.1 43 6.7 -54.5 248 76 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14180 -60.5 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.7 248 61 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 263 32 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.46 m Freezing level: 611.00 mb = 4338.16 m = 14232.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.64 mb = 2963.66 m = 9723.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.00 mb = 1277.83 m = 4192.31 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 30.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1293.48 m = 4243.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 15.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 673.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.08 mb = 1305.94 m = 4284.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.08 mb = 1354.23 m = 4442.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.08 mb = 9701.77 m = 31829.58 ft B at Equ Level: 670.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.08 mb = 13463.31 m = 44170.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -9.5 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.87 Bulk Shear: 32.29 m/s