MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.97,-72.45 Latitude: 41.97 Longitude: -72.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 120 17.5 15.1 86 2.3 16.0 167 7 290.4 292.3 289.0 320.9 10.83 1 1000 145 17.7 15.1 85 2.6 16.0 166 6 290.8 292.7 289.2 321.4 10.82 2 950 583 15.7 13.3 86 2.4 14.3 198 27 293.2 295.0 289.4 322.2 10.17 3 900 1040 12.7 10.4 86 2.3 11.3 214 28 294.6 296.1 288.7 319.9 8.81 4 850 1518 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 223 26 295.5 296.7 287.3 315.8 6.99 5 800 2016 4.8 4.4 98 0.4 4.6 223 27 296.2 297.4 287.2 315.4 6.57 6 750 2539 1.3 0.1 92 1.2 0.7 231 24 297.9 298.9 286.5 313.2 5.14 7 700 3093 0.0 -6.3 62 6.3 -2.7 240 21 302.5 303.1 286.4 312.9 3.40 8 650 3684 -3.3 -4.6 91 1.3 -3.9 240 20 305.2 306.0 288.1 318.0 4.17 9 600 4312 -7.2 -11.6 71 4.3 -8.8 234 26 307.7 308.2 287.5 316.1 2.63 10 550 4985 -10.9 -21.6 41 10.7 -13.9 233 26 311.1 311.4 287.2 315.2 1.23 11 500 5710 -15.7 -43.7 7 28.1 -19.6 233 26 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.5 0.16 12 450 6496 -20.8 -43.4 11 22.6 -23.6 231 27 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.8 0.18 13 400 7355 -27.4 -44.4 18 16.9 -29.2 230 29 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.0 0.18 14 350 8299 -35.6 -48.0 27 12.4 -36.5 228 34 320.7 320.7 289.1 321.2 0.14 15 300 9350 -44.7 -54.8 31 10.2 -45.0 225 40 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.07 16 250 10546 -53.0 -60.7 39 7.7 -53.2 224 48 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.04 17 200 11969 -54.4 -71.5 11 17.0 -54.7 229 48 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 13820 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 240 37 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16418 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 237 20 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.99 m Freezing level: 699.84 mb = 3095.16 m = 10154.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.46 mb = 2652.88 m = 8703.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.50 C = 72.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.79 mb = 415.93 m = 1364.58 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1098.67 m = 3604.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.19 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.28 mb = 870.43 m = 2855.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.28 mb = 1388.27 m = 4554.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 483.28 mb = 5963.88 m = 19566.31 ft B at Equ Level: 191.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.28 mb = 10206.87 m = 33486.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 171.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 7.39 Bulk Shear: 26.07 m/s