MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.52,-74.43 Latitude: 44.52 Longitude: -74.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 247 SFC 974 480 25.6 14.1 49 11.5 18.1 51 3 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.8 10.44 2 950 696 22.2 11.9 52 10.3 15.7 58 3 299.7 301.4 290.8 326.9 9.26 3 900 1162 17.4 11.0 66 6.5 13.4 65 3 299.5 301.2 290.7 326.4 9.18 4 850 1646 12.7 10.0 83 2.7 11.1 82 2 299.5 301.1 290.6 326.2 9.11 5 800 2152 9.0 5.1 76 4.0 6.8 238 6 300.8 302.0 289.1 321.2 6.88 6 750 2684 7.2 -12.7 23 19.9 -0.5 272 3 304.4 304.8 285.5 310.5 1.92 7 700 3248 4.7 -21.0 13 25.7 -3.6 293 4 307.6 307.8 285.7 311.0 1.02 8 650 3848 2.0 -21.9 15 23.9 -5.5 303 5 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.6 1.02 9 600 4489 -2.0 -13.2 42 11.2 -6.2 293 5 313.8 314.3 289.2 321.4 2.31 10 550 5174 -6.6 -25.3 21 18.7 -11.6 263 6 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.4 0.89 11 500 5911 -10.9 -44.5 4 33.7 -16.2 273 8 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.3 0.15 12 450 6710 -17.1 -41.9 10 24.8 -20.8 263 11 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.22 13 400 7583 -22.8 -31.6 44 8.8 -24.4 269 13 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.68 14 350 8544 -30.9 -37.3 54 6.3 -31.8 259 16 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.44 15 300 9619 -39.3 -48.7 36 9.4 -39.9 247 22 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 16 250 10844 -47.9 -58.2 30 10.3 -48.3 245 39 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12288 -53.9 -69.3 13 15.4 -54.2 244 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14134 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -55.9 255 39 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16678 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 273 23 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.54 m Freezing level: 625.07 mb = 4167.48 m = 13672.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.47 mb = 2646.27 m = 8681.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.80 mb = 1917.68 m = 6291.52 ft T: 10.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.11 mb = 2068.04 m = 6784.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 7.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 132.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6167.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.65 mb = 1970.02 m = 6463.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 5.2 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 3.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 8.56 m/s