MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 45.47,-72.81 Latitude: 45.47 Longitude: -72.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 89 23.4 19.6 79 3.8 20.8 360 3 295.2 297.7 293.3 336.0 14.25 1 1000 234 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 20.0 11 5 297.6 300.0 293.2 335.3 13.01 2 950 680 20.3 17.0 82 3.3 18.1 41 3 297.7 300.1 293.1 335.2 12.93 3 900 1145 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 14.1 90 2 298.5 300.4 291.3 328.6 10.31 4 850 1629 13.1 6.8 66 6.2 9.5 219 4 299.8 301.2 289.2 321.5 7.32 5 800 2135 8.9 2.4 63 6.6 5.5 247 4 300.7 301.7 288.0 317.6 5.68 6 750 2665 6.0 -9.5 32 15.5 -0.4 259 6 303.1 303.5 285.6 310.8 2.48 7 700 3226 2.9 -15.7 24 18.6 -3.7 263 8 305.7 306.0 285.6 310.8 1.60 8 650 3822 -0.2 -25.7 13 25.4 -7.2 265 9 308.7 308.9 285.7 311.2 0.73 9 600 4457 -4.3 -26.5 16 22.3 -10.1 267 10 311.2 311.3 286.6 313.7 0.73 10 550 5136 -8.5 -28.0 19 19.5 -13.2 272 12 314.0 314.1 287.6 316.4 0.69 11 500 5868 -13.2 -29.1 25 15.9 -16.8 269 14 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.3 0.69 12 450 6661 -18.8 -33.5 26 14.7 -21.5 266 18 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.4 0.50 13 400 7527 -25.1 -32.8 49 7.7 -26.3 262 25 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.61 14 350 8486 -30.8 -39.7 41 8.9 -31.9 266 32 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.35 15 300 9561 -39.4 -55.5 17 16.1 -40.2 270 44 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.07 16 250 10785 -47.9 -61.9 18 14.0 -48.3 268 54 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12234 -52.3 -68.0 13 15.7 -52.7 263 52 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14091 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 268 37 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16655 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 275 25 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.68 m Freezing level: 653.53 mb = 3780.33 m = 12402.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.33 mb = 2628.96 m = 8625.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.53 mb = 575.44 m = 1887.90 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 25.19 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1248.16 m = 4094.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.05 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 14.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 103.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1040.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.07 mb = 1096.39 m = 3597.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.07 mb = 1430.98 m = 4694.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.07 mb = 10519.38 m = 34511.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1039.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.07 mb = 13280.51 m = 43570.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 83.14 Bulk Shear: 12.52 m/s