MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.83,-72.24 Latitude: 41.83 Longitude: -72.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 996 161 19.9 17.5 86 2.4 18.3 166 9 293.4 295.7 291.6 329.6 12.73 2 950 565 15.0 14.5 97 0.4 14.7 175 22 292.4 294.3 289.9 323.6 11.01 3 900 1021 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 189 31 293.8 295.4 288.6 319.5 8.99 4 850 1497 9.1 7.5 90 1.6 8.2 206 28 295.7 297.0 288.1 317.9 7.66 5 800 1997 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.2 212 30 297.6 298.8 287.7 316.9 6.56 6 750 2523 2.9 1.1 88 1.8 2.0 216 34 299.7 300.7 287.5 316.1 5.52 7 700 3079 -0.5 -2.1 89 1.6 -1.3 220 37 301.9 302.8 287.4 316.0 4.67 8 650 3668 -3.8 -5.1 91 1.3 -4.4 224 39 304.6 305.4 287.8 317.0 4.02 9 600 4296 -7.2 -8.5 90 1.4 -7.7 224 40 307.8 308.5 288.2 318.3 3.34 10 550 4970 -10.8 -13.4 81 2.7 -11.7 218 41 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.2 2.46 11 500 5696 -15.1 -28.0 32 12.9 -18.0 221 43 314.6 314.8 287.8 317.2 0.77 12 450 6482 -21.7 -40.3 17 18.6 -24.2 226 45 316.0 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.25 13 400 7336 -28.6 -44.9 19 16.3 -30.2 231 48 317.8 317.9 288.2 318.5 0.17 14 350 8277 -36.2 -48.3 28 12.1 -37.1 233 54 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.14 15 300 9328 -45.1 -48.8 66 3.7 -45.3 228 58 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.15 16 250 10519 -53.0 -59.9 43 6.9 -53.2 226 55 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.05 17 200 11956 -50.8 -77.2 3 26.4 -51.2 230 50 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13826 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 235 39 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16430 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 227 18 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.20 m Freezing level: 707.68 mb = 2993.71 m = 9821.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.69 mb = 2855.61 m = 9368.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.99 % Est. max temperature: 22.32 C = 72.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.64 mb = 460.77 m = 1511.70 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.40 mb = 713.51 m = 2340.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.33 C = 66.80 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.00 mb = 735.21 m = 2412.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.00 mb = 780.62 m = 2561.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.00 mb = 9640.10 m = 31627.24 ft B at Equ Level: 507.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.00 mb = 11766.02 m = 38601.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 6.11 Bulk Shear: 83.27 m/s