MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.72,-71.05 Latitude: 42.72 Longitude: -71.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 34 20.0 15.7 76 4.3 17.2 155 8 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.0 11.17 1 1000 123 19.1 15.0 77 4.2 16.5 162 12 292.3 294.2 289.6 322.8 10.75 2 950 562 15.0 13.8 92 1.2 14.3 171 23 292.5 294.3 289.5 322.4 10.51 3 900 1018 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 181 31 293.7 295.4 289.0 320.9 9.51 4 850 1495 8.9 8.5 97 0.4 8.7 195 33 295.5 297.0 288.5 319.3 8.24 5 800 1995 5.9 5.4 97 0.5 5.6 203 31 297.5 298.8 288.1 318.2 7.06 6 750 2521 2.8 1.9 94 0.8 2.4 209 29 299.6 300.7 287.8 317.0 5.87 7 700 3076 -0.6 -2.2 89 1.6 -1.3 214 30 301.9 302.7 287.4 316.0 4.66 8 650 3666 -3.6 -4.4 94 0.8 -4.0 216 33 304.9 305.7 288.1 318.0 4.24 9 600 4295 -7.0 -7.3 98 0.3 -7.1 219 35 308.1 308.8 288.6 319.6 3.69 10 550 4969 -11.4 -12.8 89 1.5 -11.9 213 37 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.9 2.59 11 500 5692 -16.2 -29.5 31 13.3 -18.8 216 40 313.3 313.5 287.3 315.6 0.67 12 450 6476 -22.0 -40.3 17 18.3 -24.4 220 45 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.5 0.25 13 400 7330 -28.7 -43.0 24 14.4 -30.2 222 47 317.7 317.8 288.3 318.5 0.21 14 350 8271 -36.5 -49.8 24 13.3 -37.3 224 54 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.0 0.12 15 300 9319 -45.3 -52.0 47 6.7 -45.6 221 57 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.10 16 250 10512 -53.0 -62.1 32 9.2 -53.1 220 55 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.04 17 200 11948 -50.9 -73.5 5 22.7 -51.3 223 49 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13816 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 228 41 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16424 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.5 218 23 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.16 m Freezing level: 708.37 mb = 2983.35 m = 9787.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.99 mb = 2872.07 m = 9422.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.82 % Est. max temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.20 mb = 578.39 m = 1897.57 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.03 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.85 mb = 806.81 m = 2647.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.83 C = 69.49 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.07 mb = 741.08 m = 2431.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.07 mb = 970.80 m = 3185.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.07 mb = 9427.64 m = 30930.20 ft B at Equ Level: 342.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.07 mb = 11187.64 m = 36704.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 5.17 Bulk Shear: 66.88 m/s