MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-72.13 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -72.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 991 207 17.5 14.8 84 2.7 15.8 167 10 291.4 293.2 289.2 321.6 10.70 2 950 571 14.8 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 170 26 292.2 294.0 289.0 321.0 10.14 3 900 1026 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 174 32 292.8 294.4 288.3 318.6 9.02 4 850 1501 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 192 35 295.0 296.4 288.1 318.1 7.99 5 800 2001 6.2 6.0 98 0.3 6.1 204 36 297.8 299.1 288.5 319.3 7.33 6 750 2528 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 213 36 300.1 301.3 288.4 319.0 6.33 7 700 3084 -0.4 -0.7 98 0.2 -0.6 221 36 302.0 303.0 288.0 317.7 5.21 8 650 3674 -3.7 -4.0 98 0.3 -3.8 222 35 304.8 305.6 288.2 318.3 4.39 9 600 4302 -7.3 -7.5 98 0.3 -7.4 227 32 307.7 308.4 288.4 319.0 3.61 10 550 4975 -11.8 -12.1 98 0.2 -11.9 226 33 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.9 2.76 11 500 5697 -17.2 -17.6 97 0.4 -17.3 219 36 312.0 312.4 288.2 318.3 1.92 12 450 6479 -21.9 -32.1 39 10.2 -23.7 222 42 315.7 315.9 288.0 317.8 0.58 13 400 7335 -28.0 -46.6 15 18.7 -29.7 226 44 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.14 14 350 8278 -35.5 -51.0 19 15.5 -36.5 225 49 320.9 320.9 289.1 321.3 0.10 15 300 9331 -44.6 -53.6 36 9.0 -45.0 219 50 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.09 16 250 10524 -53.3 -59.9 44 6.6 -53.4 216 48 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.05 17 200 11954 -51.8 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.1 224 46 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13821 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 232 36 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16428 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 235 18 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.33 m Freezing level: 705.74 mb = 3020.19 m = 9908.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.67 mb = 2996.15 m = 9829.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.99 % Est. max temperature: 21.56 C = 70.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.19 mb = 551.00 m = 1807.71 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 864.71 m = 2836.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.75 C = 65.75 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 25.32 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.31 mb = 819.61 m = 2688.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.31 mb = 957.64 m = 3141.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.31 mb = 6359.36 m = 20863.79 ft B at Equ Level: 128.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 307.31 mb = 9166.14 m = 30072.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 303.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 68.81 m/s