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: 43.09,-72.95 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -72.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 950 549 16.0 13.2 84 2.8 14.3 188 5 293.4 295.2 289.5 322.3 10.11 2 950 552 15.4 12.4 82 3.0 13.6 189 5 292.8 294.5 288.8 320.0 9.55 3 900 1007 10.8 10.4 97 0.4 10.6 200 9 292.6 294.2 288.0 317.8 8.82 4 850 1481 7.1 5.7 90 1.5 6.3 224 14 293.6 294.8 286.4 313.1 6.75 5 800 1978 4.2 1.9 85 2.3 3.1 222 16 295.6 296.6 285.9 311.7 5.49 6 750 2500 1.1 -1.6 82 2.7 -0.2 215 23 297.8 298.6 285.8 311.2 4.52 7 700 3052 -2.1 -5.0 81 2.9 -3.3 215 31 300.2 300.8 285.9 311.6 3.78 8 650 3638 -4.5 -10.6 62 6.2 -6.8 217 32 303.9 304.4 286.1 312.1 2.61 9 600 4263 -8.6 -30.5 15 21.9 -13.3 211 37 306.2 306.3 284.5 307.9 0.50 10 550 4932 -12.5 -46.2 4 33.7 -17.1 210 39 309.2 309.3 285.2 309.6 0.11 11 500 5650 -18.2 -38.7 15 20.4 -21.2 209 41 310.8 310.8 285.9 311.8 0.27 12 450 6429 -23.7 -45.2 12 21.6 -25.9 210 46 313.5 313.5 286.8 314.0 0.15 13 400 7276 -30.1 -50.2 12 20.1 -31.6 213 49 315.8 315.9 287.5 316.2 0.10 14 350 8212 -37.4 -52.0 21 14.5 -38.2 219 55 318.2 318.3 288.3 318.6 0.09 15 300 9259 -45.0 -57.7 23 12.7 -45.4 221 61 322.0 322.0 289.4 322.2 0.05 16 250 10457 -51.2 -64.7 18 13.6 -51.5 217 59 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.03 17 200 11909 -49.1 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.7 226 45 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 13791 -50.6 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 225 30 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.9 0.00 19 100 16413 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 231 15 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.19 m Freezing level: 732.82 mb = 2689.55 m = 8823.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.85 mb = 2469.33 m = 8101.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.13 % Est. max temperature: 18.20 C = 64.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.85 mb = 897.26 m = 2943.74 ft T: 11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.04 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.23 mb = 1172.75 m = 3847.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.58 C = 60.05 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.00 mb = 1165.48 m = 3823.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.00 mb = 1212.55 m = 3978.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 568.00 mb = 4684.46 m = 15368.77 ft B at Equ Level: 95.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.00 mb = 8448.60 m = 27718.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 68.94 m/s