MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.85,-73.29 Latitude: 41.85 Longitude: -73.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 979 315 17.5 13.9 79 3.6 15.2 160 9 292.4 294.2 289.2 321.4 10.22 2 950 574 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.8 175 21 293.1 294.9 289.0 320.8 9.71 3 900 1031 12.7 9.4 80 3.3 10.7 197 30 294.6 296.0 288.2 318.3 8.24 4 850 1508 8.3 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 204 30 294.8 296.2 287.9 317.4 7.81 5 800 2006 5.2 3.8 91 1.4 4.5 215 28 296.7 297.8 287.1 315.2 6.31 6 750 2531 2.0 0.6 90 1.5 1.3 216 30 298.8 299.7 286.9 314.6 5.32 7 700 3084 -1.4 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.8 215 35 301.0 301.8 287.0 314.8 4.61 8 650 3671 -5.1 -7.0 86 1.9 -5.9 215 35 303.2 303.9 286.7 313.9 3.47 9 600 4297 -7.2 -12.3 67 5.1 -9.1 219 33 307.8 308.2 287.3 315.6 2.48 10 550 4970 -11.9 -13.5 88 1.6 -12.5 219 34 309.9 310.4 288.0 317.8 2.45 11 500 5692 -17.0 -19.5 81 2.4 -17.7 216 36 312.3 312.6 288.0 317.7 1.64 12 450 6474 -22.2 -29.2 53 7.1 -23.5 218 38 315.4 315.5 288.1 318.0 0.76 13 400 7330 -27.6 -48.7 12 21.0 -29.5 226 38 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.11 14 350 8274 -35.2 -50.0 20 14.9 -36.1 235 36 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.8 0.11 15 300 9328 -44.2 -55.3 28 11.0 -44.7 232 39 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.07 16 250 10525 -52.7 -58.6 49 5.9 -52.8 226 43 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 17 200 11953 -53.2 -70.7 10 17.5 -53.5 231 42 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13813 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 244 32 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16419 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 235 19 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.85 m Freezing level: 720.19 mb = 2860.79 m = 9385.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.93 mb = 2759.37 m = 9052.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.31 % Est. max temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.88 mb = 773.01 m = 2536.09 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1280.87 m = 4202.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.78 C = 67.61 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.34 mb = 1158.56 m = 3801.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.34 mb = 1397.13 m = 4583.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.34 mb = 6289.06 m = 20633.16 ft B at Equ Level: 167.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.34 mb = 8858.15 m = 29061.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 204.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 52.31 m/s