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: 45.49,-72.90 Latitude: 45.49 Longitude: -72.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 65 18.7 15.1 79 3.6 16.4 120 13 291.5 293.4 289.4 322.0 10.79 1 1000 106 17.6 13.8 78 3.8 15.3 122 13 290.8 292.5 288.4 319.0 9.98 2 950 541 13.1 11.9 93 1.2 12.4 129 23 290.4 292.1 287.6 316.6 9.25 3 900 994 10.2 8.1 87 2.1 9.0 150 34 292.0 293.4 286.6 313.6 7.55 4 850 1467 7.2 5.1 87 2.1 6.1 162 29 293.7 294.9 286.2 312.5 6.51 5 800 1964 4.1 1.8 85 2.2 2.9 165 27 295.5 296.5 285.9 311.5 5.47 6 750 2486 1.0 -2.1 80 3.1 -0.4 171 27 297.7 298.4 285.5 310.7 4.36 7 700 3037 -1.9 -8.2 62 6.2 -4.4 174 25 300.3 300.9 285.1 309.4 2.95 8 650 3623 -5.5 -11.6 62 6.1 -7.7 175 25 302.8 303.2 285.4 310.3 2.42 9 600 4246 -9.4 -17.3 53 7.9 -11.8 176 28 305.2 305.6 285.5 310.5 1.64 10 550 4913 -13.6 -31.1 21 17.6 -17.0 179 32 308.0 308.1 285.2 309.7 0.52 11 500 5629 -18.9 -41.4 12 22.5 -21.9 182 37 310.0 310.0 285.6 310.7 0.20 12 450 6403 -25.3 -38.0 30 12.7 -26.9 178 44 311.4 311.5 286.2 312.6 0.32 13 400 7247 -31.2 -36.1 62 4.9 -31.8 165 54 314.5 314.6 287.4 316.0 0.44 14 350 8178 -38.7 -42.1 70 3.4 -38.9 154 59 316.6 316.6 287.9 317.6 0.27 15 300 9217 -47.0 -52.1 56 5.1 -47.2 160 59 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.10 16 250 10408 -50.5 -64.1 19 13.6 -50.8 180 50 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.03 17 200 11868 -49.0 -76.2 3 27.2 -49.6 195 29 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 13753 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 213 19 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16392 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.4 219 11 427.9 427.9 308.6 428.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5522.81 m Freezing level: 732.97 mb = 2673.51 m = 8771.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.61 mb = 2414.70 m = 7922.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.05 % Est. max temperature: 20.80 C = 69.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.99 mb = 523.65 m = 1718.00 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.21 mb = 844.47 m = 2770.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.76 C = 65.77 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 25.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.76 mb = 766.73 m = 2515.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.76 mb = 1088.62 m = 3571.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.76 mb = 7251.25 m = 23789.89 ft B at Equ Level: 183.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.76 mb = 9911.02 m = 32516.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.1 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 199.1 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 176.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.56 Bulk Shear: 51.59 m/s