MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.39,-72.31 Latitude: 42.39 Longitude: -72.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 997 208 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.2 294 4 298.3 301.0 294.4 340.4 14.48 2 950 629 20.4 12.8 62 7.6 15.6 313 6 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.83 3 900 1094 16.7 12.7 77 4.0 14.2 298 4 298.7 300.6 291.4 328.9 10.33 4 850 1578 13.8 2.7 47 11.1 7.9 256 4 300.6 301.6 287.8 317.1 5.49 5 800 2086 11.4 -6.2 29 17.6 3.4 281 8 303.4 303.9 286.3 312.7 3.01 6 750 2622 8.7 -12.3 21 21.0 0.3 315 8 306.0 306.4 286.1 312.3 1.98 7 700 3188 4.9 -14.3 23 19.2 -2.3 327 7 307.9 308.3 286.6 313.8 1.81 8 650 3788 1.9 -22.9 14 24.8 -5.7 295 9 311.1 311.2 286.8 314.2 0.93 9 600 4428 -1.4 -31.9 8 30.5 -8.9 269 13 314.5 314.6 287.4 316.0 0.44 10 550 5114 -6.7 -35.6 8 28.9 -12.7 276 15 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.33 11 500 5848 -12.7 -39.9 8 27.3 -17.2 277 13 317.6 317.7 288.2 318.5 0.24 12 450 6641 -18.8 -41.6 11 22.8 -22.0 265 12 319.7 319.7 288.9 320.5 0.22 13 400 7509 -24.3 -49.3 8 25.0 -26.8 266 12 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.11 14 350 8467 -31.4 -56.8 6 25.4 -33.0 282 13 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.05 15 300 9540 -39.5 -57.6 13 18.2 -40.3 266 17 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 16 250 10765 -47.8 -65.8 11 17.9 -48.3 250 26 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.0 0.02 17 200 12219 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.0 253 33 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14064 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 253 45 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16602 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 253 27 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.66 m Freezing level: 621.69 mb = 4150.22 m = 13616.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.07 mb = 2686.95 m = 8815.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.65 mb = 889.51 m = 2918.31 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1916.11 m = 6286.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 15.40 C K Index: 10.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.06 mb = 1409.78 m = 4625.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.06 mb = 4942.72 m = 16216.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.06 mb = 9265.89 m = 30399.54 ft B at Equ Level: 198.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.06 mb = 11249.81 m = 36908.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 61.70 Bulk Shear: 3.25 m/s