MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 49.8,-71.84 Latitude: 49.80 Longitude: -71.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 968 378 13.0 3.4 52 9.5 8.0 228 4 288.8 289.7 282.7 303.2 5.05 2 950 537 11.5 2.5 54 9.0 7.0 234 7 288.9 289.7 282.5 302.7 4.82 3 900 988 10.1 3.7 64 6.5 6.8 273 8 291.9 292.9 284.5 307.9 5.53 4 850 1461 7.0 2.6 74 4.3 4.8 299 7 293.5 294.4 285.1 309.3 5.45 5 800 1956 3.4 1.5 87 1.9 2.5 288 8 294.8 295.7 285.5 310.4 5.34 6 750 2476 -0.2 -1.3 92 1.1 -0.7 270 9 296.4 297.2 285.4 310.2 4.65 7 700 3026 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 245 10 298.5 299.2 285.6 310.7 4.09 8 650 3607 -6.2 -8.6 84 2.3 -7.1 248 14 301.9 302.5 285.8 311.4 3.08 9 600 4228 -9.9 -12.4 82 2.5 -10.8 258 14 304.6 305.1 286.2 312.4 2.46 10 550 4894 -13.9 -15.9 85 2.0 -14.5 255 12 307.6 308.0 286.8 314.1 2.02 11 500 5612 -18.0 -22.7 66 4.7 -19.1 242 13 311.1 311.4 287.2 315.3 1.23 12 450 6392 -23.6 -28.8 62 5.2 -24.5 234 16 313.6 313.8 287.5 316.3 0.79 13 400 7240 -30.2 -34.1 69 3.8 -30.7 229 18 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.53 14 350 8174 -38.2 -41.7 70 3.4 -38.5 243 19 317.2 317.2 288.2 318.2 0.28 15 300 9212 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.7 253 21 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.12 16 250 10394 -55.9 -59.3 65 3.4 -55.9 269 22 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.2 0.05 17 200 11816 -49.5 -76.5 3 27.1 -50.0 242 20 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13710 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.3 238 19 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.01 19 100 16385 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.6 219 11 433.9 433.9 309.3 434.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.62 m Freezing level: 752.19 mb = 2453.48 m = 8049.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.80 mb = 2361.01 m = 7746.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.53 % Est. max temperature: 18.44 C = 65.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.06 mb = 1576.31 m = 5171.57 ft T: 6.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.50 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.18 mb = 2378.19 m = 7802.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.23 C = 68.41 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 6.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C Showalter Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 27.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11945.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.75 mb = 1756.72 m = 5763.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -2.8 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.66 Bulk Shear: 2.95 m/s