MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.37,-72.33 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -72.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 52 20.1 17.3 84 2.8 18.3 195 10 292.4 294.6 291.0 327.6 12.41 1 1000 139 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.9 197 15 292.8 294.9 291.0 327.6 12.28 2 950 579 15.7 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 206 26 293.1 295.1 290.5 325.7 11.46 3 900 1036 12.4 9.6 83 2.7 10.7 217 27 294.3 295.8 288.2 318.4 8.39 4 850 1513 8.8 5.7 81 3.1 7.1 215 25 295.4 296.6 287.1 315.1 6.77 5 800 2012 5.2 4.7 96 0.5 4.9 227 25 296.7 297.9 287.5 316.3 6.71 6 750 2537 2.4 1.8 96 0.6 2.1 230 26 299.2 300.3 287.6 316.5 5.83 7 700 3092 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 238 27 301.7 302.6 287.7 316.8 5.04 8 650 3680 -4.4 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.6 238 29 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.6 4.14 9 600 4306 -8.0 -9.2 91 1.2 -8.5 236 28 306.9 307.5 287.7 316.8 3.18 10 550 4978 -11.0 -13.9 80 2.8 -12.0 229 31 311.0 311.5 288.3 318.7 2.38 11 500 5705 -15.5 -21.1 62 5.7 -17.0 230 35 314.2 314.5 288.4 318.9 1.42 12 450 6490 -21.4 -25.8 67 4.5 -22.3 229 36 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.9 1.04 13 400 7347 -28.1 -34.0 57 5.9 -28.9 229 37 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.4 0.54 14 350 8289 -35.8 -44.2 42 8.3 -36.5 234 34 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.22 15 300 9341 -44.3 -53.7 35 9.3 -44.7 240 31 322.8 322.9 289.7 323.2 0.09 16 250 10539 -52.6 -60.6 37 8.1 -52.7 240 32 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.04 17 200 11968 -53.5 -72.1 8 18.7 -53.8 231 39 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13822 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 242 34 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16425 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 235 23 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.19 m Freezing level: 711.79 mb = 2960.72 m = 9713.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.06 mb = 2920.37 m = 9581.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.58 % Est. max temperature: 22.85 C = 73.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.44 mb = 405.64 m = 1330.81 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.01 mb = 731.95 m = 2401.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.19 C = 70.14 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.29 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 754.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.81 mb = 688.57 m = 2259.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.81 mb = 824.84 m = 2706.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.81 mb = 9728.84 m = 31918.38 ft B at Equ Level: 754.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.81 mb = 12203.66 m = 40037.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.2 neg: -8.5 tot: 116.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 30.42 Bulk Shear: 24.80 m/s