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: 43.63,-71.50 Latitude: 43.63 Longitude: -71.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 986 245 15.2 14.8 97 0.4 15.0 114 9 289.6 291.5 288.7 319.8 10.78 2 950 556 13.3 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 129 24 290.7 292.5 288.4 318.9 10.00 3 900 1010 11.2 11.0 99 0.1 11.1 152 35 293.0 294.6 288.5 319.3 9.21 4 850 1486 8.6 8.3 98 0.3 8.5 168 38 295.2 296.7 288.3 318.6 8.10 5 800 1986 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 182 40 297.4 298.7 288.2 318.2 7.11 6 750 2512 2.7 2.4 98 0.3 2.5 193 37 299.5 300.6 287.9 317.5 6.06 7 700 3067 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.8 206 31 301.8 302.7 287.8 317.1 5.11 8 650 3656 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 213 29 304.2 305.0 287.8 317.2 4.23 9 600 4282 -8.2 -8.5 98 0.3 -8.3 212 30 306.6 307.2 287.8 317.1 3.36 10 550 4952 -12.8 -16.1 76 3.4 -13.8 210 36 308.9 309.3 287.2 315.3 1.97 11 500 5672 -17.5 -21.1 73 3.6 -18.4 200 41 311.7 312.0 287.5 316.4 1.42 12 450 6453 -23.0 -26.6 72 3.6 -23.7 195 47 314.3 314.5 287.9 317.6 0.97 13 400 7303 -29.9 -37.7 46 7.8 -30.9 195 52 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.4 0.37 14 350 8239 -37.1 -49.3 27 12.3 -37.8 202 56 318.7 318.8 288.5 319.2 0.12 15 300 9287 -45.2 -58.2 22 13.0 -45.6 204 59 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.9 0.05 16 250 10482 -52.1 -63.2 25 11.1 -52.3 203 57 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 17 200 11923 -50.6 -72.8 6 22.2 -51.1 213 42 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13794 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 218 34 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16415 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.8 215 18 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.18 m Freezing level: 709.77 mb = 2958.44 m = 9706.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.09 mb = 2929.15 m = 9609.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.33 % Est. max temperature: 21.43 C = 70.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.61 mb = 296.58 m = 973.01 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.49 mb = 739.53 m = 2426.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.26 C = 63.07 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.66 mb = 719.96 m = 2362.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.66 mb = 1421.09 m = 4662.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.66 mb = 7724.38 m = 25342.14 ft B at Equ Level: 151.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.66 mb = 9817.72 m = 32209.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 222.3 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 453.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 125.96 m/s