MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 42.41,-72.15 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -72.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 257 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 127 1 291.2 293.4 290.3 325.3 12.08 2 950 559 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 174 10 292.4 294.4 290.0 324.1 11.16 3 900 1016 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.1 190 16 294.4 296.1 289.5 322.5 9.82 4 850 1494 9.8 9.3 96 0.6 9.5 207 17 296.5 298.0 289.2 321.6 8.66 5 800 1996 7.0 6.6 98 0.4 6.8 219 18 298.6 300.0 289.0 321.1 7.66 6 750 2524 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 223 19 300.9 302.1 288.9 320.7 6.65 7 700 3082 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 223 19 303.1 304.1 288.7 319.9 5.55 8 650 3674 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 223 22 305.8 306.6 288.7 319.8 4.58 9 600 4304 -6.4 -7.7 90 1.3 -7.0 222 25 308.7 309.3 288.7 319.8 3.56 10 550 4980 -10.7 -14.9 71 4.3 -12.1 218 30 311.4 311.8 288.2 318.5 2.18 11 500 5704 -16.1 -21.8 61 5.7 -17.6 212 35 313.4 313.7 288.1 317.9 1.34 12 450 6489 -21.8 -25.5 72 3.7 -22.6 208 41 315.9 316.1 288.6 319.5 1.07 13 400 7343 -28.7 -32.5 70 3.8 -29.3 204 45 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.9 0.62 14 350 8286 -35.7 -42.4 50 6.7 -36.3 208 47 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.26 15 300 9339 -43.7 -49.4 53 5.7 -44.0 219 52 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.14 16 250 10541 -51.4 -58.7 42 7.3 -51.6 225 57 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.06 17 200 11979 -52.3 -71.0 9 18.7 -52.7 231 61 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13843 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 239 42 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16439 -54.2 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.8 240 21 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.09 m Freezing level: 691.59 mb = 3181.84 m = 10438.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.63 mb = 3143.87 m = 10314.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.19 % Est. max temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.80 mb = 287.75 m = 944.06 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 7.43 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 795.38 m = 2609.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.14 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.66 mb = 751.30 m = 2464.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.66 mb = 981.79 m = 3221.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.66 mb = 9034.88 m = 29641.63 ft B at Equ Level: 364.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.66 mb = 11258.57 m = 36937.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 9.13 Bulk Shear: 40.12 m/s