MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.25,-73.15 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -73.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 62 19.9 15.7 77 4.2 17.2 174 9 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.2 11.22 1 1000 137 19.5 15.4 78 4.0 16.8 177 12 292.6 294.6 290.0 324.1 11.09 2 950 577 15.5 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 190 22 292.9 294.8 289.6 322.8 10.48 3 900 1034 12.9 7.7 71 5.2 10.0 203 22 294.8 296.2 287.5 316.1 7.35 4 850 1510 8.5 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 209 23 295.1 296.4 287.3 315.7 7.09 5 800 2008 4.7 3.3 91 1.4 3.9 222 23 296.2 297.3 286.7 313.9 6.07 6 750 2532 1.5 -0.8 85 2.3 0.4 235 23 298.2 299.1 286.2 312.5 4.81 7 700 3084 -1.0 -9.9 51 8.9 -4.4 233 23 301.4 301.8 285.1 309.3 2.58 8 650 3673 -3.5 -9.1 65 5.6 -5.7 243 24 305.0 305.6 286.8 314.2 2.95 9 600 4302 -6.7 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 246 29 308.4 309.1 288.8 320.0 3.71 10 550 4977 -11.1 -11.3 99 0.1 -11.2 234 27 310.9 311.4 288.8 320.2 2.93 11 500 5700 -16.6 -18.6 85 2.0 -17.2 218 26 312.8 313.1 288.3 318.6 1.76 12 450 6485 -21.5 -30.7 43 9.2 -23.2 213 31 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.5 0.66 13 400 7341 -27.7 -39.1 33 11.4 -29.0 221 34 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.32 14 350 8286 -34.9 -47.4 27 12.5 -35.9 223 38 321.6 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.15 15 300 9342 -44.0 -48.8 59 4.8 -44.3 217 39 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.15 16 250 10537 -53.2 -58.0 56 4.8 -53.4 222 40 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 17 200 11963 -53.4 -69.4 13 16.0 -53.7 228 42 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13816 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 240 38 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16418 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 232 27 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5562.99 m Freezing level: 720.16 mb = 2861.49 m = 9387.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.14 mb = 2573.17 m = 8442.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.79 % Est. max temperature: 22.65 C = 72.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.44 mb = 590.40 m = 1936.97 ft T: 15.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1100.76 m = 3611.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.48 C = 72.47 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 22.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.88 mb = 885.67 m = 2905.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.88 mb = 1307.86 m = 4290.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.88 mb = 7146.18 m = 23445.18 ft B at Equ Level: 292.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.88 mb = 10774.14 m = 35347.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 122.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 8.49 Bulk Shear: 34.47 m/s