MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.93,-74.21 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -74.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 98 19.2 13.3 69 5.9 15.5 187 8 292.0 293.8 288.5 319.4 9.62 1 1000 131 19.0 13.1 68 5.9 15.3 189 10 292.2 293.9 288.5 319.2 9.51 2 950 570 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.9 211 29 294.0 295.7 289.1 321.1 9.45 3 900 1030 14.2 6.6 60 7.6 9.9 220 22 296.2 297.4 287.4 316.0 6.80 4 850 1508 9.7 5.3 74 4.4 7.3 223 23 296.3 297.5 287.3 315.5 6.58 5 800 2008 4.9 4.3 96 0.6 4.6 226 24 296.4 297.6 287.2 315.5 6.53 6 750 2531 1.6 0.2 90 1.4 0.9 235 27 298.3 299.3 286.6 313.7 5.18 7 700 3084 -1.4 -3.7 85 2.2 -2.4 234 25 300.9 301.7 286.6 313.5 4.17 8 650 3672 -4.0 -17.1 35 13.1 -8.2 229 26 304.4 304.7 285.1 309.4 1.54 9 600 4297 -8.6 -11.5 80 2.9 -9.6 225 33 306.2 306.7 286.9 314.5 2.65 10 550 4968 -11.9 -12.5 95 0.6 -12.2 229 37 309.9 310.4 288.2 318.4 2.65 11 500 5690 -17.0 -20.9 72 3.9 -18.0 233 40 312.3 312.6 287.8 317.1 1.45 12 450 6472 -22.5 -34.2 34 11.7 -24.4 232 44 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.6 0.47 13 400 7325 -29.1 -38.6 39 9.5 -30.2 229 47 317.1 317.2 288.2 318.4 0.34 14 350 8264 -35.7 -55.2 12 19.5 -36.8 235 47 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.8 0.06 15 300 9320 -43.3 -57.0 21 13.7 -43.9 247 49 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.06 16 250 10523 -51.2 -63.0 23 11.8 -51.5 252 50 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.03 17 200 11967 -51.3 -77.9 3 26.5 -51.7 249 45 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 18 150 13827 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 254 39 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16430 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 238 23 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5558.80 m Freezing level: 723.58 mb = 2823.48 m = 9263.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.55 mb = 2676.42 m = 8780.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.44 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.98 mb = 843.11 m = 2766.09 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.76 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.12 mb = 1517.00 m = 4976.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.49 C = 74.29 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.58 mb = 1231.43 m = 4040.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.58 mb = 1768.54 m = 5802.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.58 mb = 6413.17 m = 21040.32 ft B at Equ Level: 172.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.58 mb = 9238.42 m = 30309.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.8 neg: -19.8 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.34 Bulk Shear: 23.45 m/s