MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.09,-75.12 Latitude: 44.09 Longitude: -75.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 233 SFC 978 429 20.9 18.5 86 2.4 19.2 143 4 295.9 298.4 293.2 335.6 13.80 2 950 678 19.3 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 157 7 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.9 13.20 3 900 1142 16.2 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 225 4 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.2 12.38 4 850 1627 13.3 13.0 98 0.3 13.1 275 3 300.0 302.1 292.4 332.7 11.13 5 800 2134 9.4 8.4 93 1.0 8.8 326 4 301.2 302.8 290.8 326.8 8.66 6 750 2667 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.8 345 4 302.6 303.7 288.9 320.5 5.95 7 700 3228 2.8 -6.0 52 8.9 -1.2 6 2 305.6 306.2 287.6 316.4 3.48 8 650 3824 -0.1 -10.0 47 9.9 -4.1 14 2 308.8 309.3 287.9 317.5 2.75 9 600 4460 -3.8 -13.6 46 9.9 -7.4 322 2 311.8 312.2 288.4 319.0 2.22 10 550 5143 -7.1 -17.1 45 10.0 -10.5 274 4 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.6 1.82 11 500 5879 -11.4 -16.8 64 5.4 -13.2 258 8 319.1 319.5 290.6 325.9 2.05 12 450 6679 -16.6 -23.0 58 6.4 -18.3 252 10 322.3 322.6 290.9 326.9 1.33 13 400 7554 -22.4 -30.9 46 8.4 -24.1 271 13 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.73 14 350 8519 -29.8 -37.3 48 7.6 -30.8 269 18 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.44 15 300 9598 -38.5 -47.4 39 8.9 -39.2 257 22 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.18 16 250 10826 -46.5 -58.0 26 11.5 -46.9 258 44 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 17 200 12284 -52.3 -65.9 18 13.6 -52.6 237 52 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14124 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 237 33 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16674 -60.1 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 283 20 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.28 m Freezing level: 652.45 mb = 3794.88 m = 12450.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.70 mb = 3092.91 m = 10147.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.74 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.93 mb = 732.99 m = 2404.80 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1191.68 m = 3909.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 28.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 692.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.84 mb = 1067.42 m = 3502.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.84 mb = 1401.81 m = 4599.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.84 mb = 10237.16 m = 33586.08 ft B at Equ Level: 687.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.84 mb = 12857.76 m = 42183.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 72.71 Bulk Shear: 9.53 m/s