MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z 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 18.8 16.6 87 2.2 17.4 173 10 291.3 293.4 290.2 324.8 11.88 1 1000 135 18.2 16.3 89 1.8 17.0 176 13 291.3 293.4 290.1 324.5 11.75 2 950 573 14.8 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 184 26 292.2 294.1 289.3 321.9 10.46 3 900 1029 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.6 200 29 293.8 295.5 288.9 320.7 9.38 4 850 1505 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 206 30 295.6 297.1 288.6 319.7 8.33 5 800 2006 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.0 209 30 297.7 299.0 288.5 319.1 7.30 6 750 2532 3.0 2.7 98 0.3 2.9 215 31 299.9 301.0 288.2 318.4 6.23 7 700 3088 -0.4 -0.7 98 0.2 -0.6 223 33 302.0 302.9 288.0 317.6 5.20 8 650 3678 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 224 29 304.9 305.7 288.2 318.4 4.42 9 600 4307 -7.4 -7.7 98 0.3 -7.5 229 30 307.5 308.2 288.3 318.7 3.57 10 550 4979 -11.7 -12.0 98 0.3 -11.8 228 32 310.2 310.7 288.4 319.1 2.77 11 500 5702 -16.8 -17.2 97 0.4 -16.9 234 32 312.6 313.0 288.4 319.1 1.98 12 450 6485 -22.3 -24.6 81 2.4 -22.8 234 36 315.2 315.5 288.5 319.1 1.15 13 400 7341 -27.4 -47.2 13 19.9 -29.2 234 39 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.9 0.13 14 350 8286 -34.8 -52.4 15 17.5 -35.9 237 42 321.8 321.8 289.4 322.1 0.09 15 300 9340 -44.6 -49.5 58 4.9 -44.9 230 41 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.14 16 250 10534 -53.3 -57.9 57 4.7 -53.4 228 40 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 17 200 11962 -52.8 -73.4 7 20.6 -53.1 231 43 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 13819 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 242 38 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16418 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.0 244 25 422.5 422.5 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.90 m Freezing level: 706.43 mb = 3016.75 m = 9897.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.19 mb = 2994.58 m = 9824.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.89 % Est. max temperature: 22.84 C = 73.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.34 mb = 339.51 m = 1113.86 ft T: 16.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.18 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.42 mb = 730.34 m = 2396.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.34 C = 68.60 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.47 mb = 657.88 m = 2158.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.47 mb = 885.02 m = 2903.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 395.47 mb = 7421.62 m = 24348.85 ft B at Equ Level: 337.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.47 mb = 11194.86 m = 36728.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.25 Bulk Shear: 46.76 m/s