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: 43.07,-71.50 Latitude: 43.07 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 121 SFC 999 134 18.1 16.2 88 2.0 16.8 149 7 291.4 293.5 290.0 324.3 11.64 2 950 558 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 166 18 291.3 293.1 288.9 320.5 10.35 3 900 1012 11.3 10.2 93 1.2 10.6 188 31 293.2 294.7 288.1 318.0 8.69 4 850 1488 8.5 7.0 90 1.5 7.7 204 30 295.1 296.4 287.6 316.6 7.42 5 800 1987 5.5 4.1 90 1.5 4.7 208 26 297.0 298.2 287.3 315.8 6.40 6 750 2512 2.4 0.8 89 1.6 1.5 206 25 299.2 300.1 287.2 315.2 5.39 7 700 3067 -1.0 -3.2 84 2.3 -2.0 209 26 301.4 302.2 286.9 314.4 4.30 8 650 3655 -3.9 -5.4 89 1.5 -4.6 214 27 304.6 305.3 287.6 316.7 3.93 9 600 4284 -7.1 -8.6 89 1.5 -7.7 217 32 307.9 308.5 288.2 318.3 3.32 10 550 4956 -11.9 -22.3 42 10.3 -14.6 210 36 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.8 1.16 11 500 5677 -16.8 -41.8 10 25.0 -20.3 213 40 312.5 312.6 286.5 313.3 0.19 12 450 6460 -22.2 -42.7 14 20.5 -24.7 220 47 315.3 315.4 287.5 316.1 0.20 13 400 7313 -29.1 -41.1 30 12.1 -30.3 218 52 317.2 317.3 288.2 318.2 0.26 14 350 8251 -37.0 -47.3 34 10.3 -37.7 220 57 318.8 318.9 288.5 319.4 0.15 15 300 9298 -45.5 -56.5 28 11.0 -45.9 221 61 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.5 0.06 16 250 10489 -53.1 -63.8 26 10.7 -53.3 220 60 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.03 17 200 11931 -49.9 -73.5 5 23.6 -50.4 223 44 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 13803 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 227 39 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16418 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 218 20 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.86 m Freezing level: 714.29 mb = 2908.13 m = 9540.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.23 mb = 2748.79 m = 9018.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.99 % Est. max temperature: 21.88 C = 71.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.13 mb = 379.44 m = 1244.86 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 9.86 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 686.71 m = 2252.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.54 C = 65.37 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.65 mb = 685.80 m = 2249.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.65 mb = 730.84 m = 2397.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.65 mb = 8435.32 m = 27674.59 ft B at Equ Level: 230.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.65 mb = 10735.58 m = 35221.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.4 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 237.4 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.0 neg: -9.9 tot: 192.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 65.01 m/s