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: 42.41,-72.45 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -72.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 994 175 18.7 16.8 89 1.9 17.5 166 9 292.4 294.6 290.9 327.0 12.20 2 950 558 14.1 13.8 99 0.2 13.9 171 17 291.4 293.3 289.1 321.2 10.51 3 900 1013 11.3 10.1 93 1.2 10.6 194 26 293.1 294.7 288.1 318.0 8.67 4 850 1488 8.5 7.1 91 1.4 7.7 209 22 295.1 296.4 287.6 316.7 7.45 5 800 1987 5.5 4.3 92 1.2 4.9 211 27 297.0 298.2 287.5 316.1 6.52 6 750 2512 2.5 0.9 89 1.6 1.7 215 27 299.3 300.2 287.2 315.4 5.43 7 700 3067 -0.9 -2.7 88 1.7 -1.7 215 29 301.5 302.3 287.1 315.0 4.49 8 650 3655 -4.2 -5.6 90 1.4 -4.8 219 33 304.2 305.0 287.5 316.2 3.89 9 600 4282 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 215 39 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.6 3.29 10 550 4955 -11.6 -13.7 84 2.1 -12.3 211 41 310.3 310.8 288.1 318.1 2.41 11 500 5678 -16.3 -25.8 44 9.5 -18.5 213 43 313.2 313.3 287.5 316.3 0.93 12 450 6461 -22.4 -43.1 13 20.7 -24.9 217 47 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.8 0.19 13 400 7314 -28.9 -44.6 21 15.7 -30.4 224 53 317.4 317.5 288.1 318.1 0.18 14 350 8253 -36.5 -49.0 26 12.6 -37.3 229 59 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.0 0.13 15 300 9302 -45.3 -57.2 25 11.9 -45.7 226 63 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.7 0.06 16 250 10494 -52.7 -63.8 25 11.1 -52.9 223 61 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.03 17 200 11935 -49.6 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.1 228 45 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 13810 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 230 36 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16422 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 226 15 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.86 m Freezing level: 713.72 mb = 2914.89 m = 9563.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.57 mb = 2778.65 m = 9116.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.97 % Est. max temperature: 21.63 C = 70.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.30 mb = 413.47 m = 1356.52 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.35 mb = 688.90 m = 2260.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.27 C = 64.88 F Cap Strength: -0.14 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 30.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.90 mb = 719.95 m = 2362.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.90 mb = 765.17 m = 2510.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.90 mb = 8512.59 m = 27928.10 ft B at Equ Level: 301.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.90 mb = 11120.08 m = 36482.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.9 neg: -5.6 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 4.40 Bulk Shear: 68.68 m/s