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: 41.85,-72.24 Latitude: 41.85 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 995 165 19.7 17.4 87 2.3 18.2 166 8 293.3 295.5 291.6 329.4 12.69 2 950 565 14.9 14.5 97 0.4 14.7 175 22 292.3 294.3 289.8 323.5 10.98 3 900 1021 11.9 10.6 92 1.3 11.1 189 31 293.8 295.4 288.6 319.4 8.95 4 850 1497 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.1 207 28 295.6 297.0 288.0 317.7 7.62 5 800 1997 6.1 4.3 89 1.7 5.1 212 30 297.6 298.8 287.7 316.8 6.54 6 750 2523 2.9 1.1 88 1.8 2.0 216 34 299.7 300.7 287.5 316.1 5.51 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 40 307.8 308.4 288.2 318.3 3.34 10 550 4970 -10.8 -13.4 81 2.6 -11.7 218 41 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.3 2.47 11 500 5696 -15.2 -28.3 32 13.2 -18.0 221 43 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.1 0.74 12 450 6481 -21.7 -40.7 16 19.0 -24.2 226 46 316.0 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.24 13 400 7336 -28.6 -45.0 19 16.4 -30.2 231 48 317.8 317.9 288.2 318.5 0.17 14 350 8277 -36.3 -48.2 28 11.9 -37.1 233 54 319.8 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.14 15 300 9327 -45.2 -48.9 66 3.7 -45.3 228 58 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.15 16 250 10519 -53.0 -60.0 43 7.0 -53.2 226 55 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.05 17 200 11956 -50.7 -77.2 3 26.5 -51.2 230 50 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 13825 -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 18 423.4 423.4 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.82 m Freezing level: 707.90 mb = 2990.89 m = 9812.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.97 mb = 2852.19 m = 9357.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.91 % Est. max temperature: 22.28 C = 72.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.54 mb = 452.56 m = 1484.76 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 720.32 m = 2363.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.28 C = 66.70 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.65 mb = 738.11 m = 2421.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.65 mb = 783.54 m = 2570.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.65 mb = 9647.32 m = 31650.92 ft B at Equ Level: 481.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.65 mb = 11776.21 m = 38635.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 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: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 5.75 Bulk Shear: 84.09 m/s