MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.16,-72.58 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -72.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.8 194 13 293.3 295.5 291.4 328.9 12.50 1 1000 137 20.1 16.3 78 3.9 17.6 196 18 293.3 295.4 290.7 326.6 11.71 2 950 578 16.2 14.1 87 2.1 14.9 209 26 293.7 295.6 290.0 324.3 10.73 3 900 1036 13.2 9.5 78 3.7 11.0 218 25 295.1 296.6 288.5 319.1 8.31 4 850 1514 9.2 6.4 83 2.8 7.6 223 24 295.7 297.0 287.5 316.4 7.10 5 800 2013 5.2 2.7 84 2.4 3.9 227 25 296.7 297.7 286.6 313.8 5.83 6 750 2536 1.4 -1.8 79 3.3 -0.1 233 23 298.1 299.0 285.8 311.5 4.46 7 700 3089 -0.8 -5.5 70 4.7 -2.9 242 24 301.6 302.2 286.2 312.6 3.61 8 650 3678 -3.5 -5.0 89 1.5 -4.2 242 24 305.0 305.8 287.9 317.5 4.05 9 600 4306 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.0 233 29 307.3 307.9 288.0 317.8 3.36 10 550 4978 -11.7 -16.1 70 4.4 -13.1 231 32 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.6 1.97 11 500 5701 -16.0 -35.8 17 19.8 -19.4 234 32 313.5 313.6 287.0 314.8 0.36 12 450 6487 -21.0 -49.9 6 29.0 -24.0 241 33 316.9 316.9 287.8 317.2 0.09 13 400 7345 -27.3 -48.5 12 21.1 -29.2 248 33 319.5 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.12 14 350 8290 -35.1 -48.5 24 13.4 -36.1 254 31 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.13 15 300 9345 -44.0 -53.8 33 9.9 -44.4 245 34 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.7 0.08 16 250 10544 -52.4 -60.6 36 8.3 -52.5 247 38 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.04 17 200 11971 -54.2 -70.7 11 16.5 -54.5 239 40 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 13824 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 242 31 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16430 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 241 24 424.3 424.3 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.84 m Freezing level: 718.28 mb = 2886.69 m = 9470.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.22 mb = 2522.87 m = 8277.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.75 C = 74.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.73 mb = 499.33 m = 1638.19 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 969.93 m = 3182.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.20 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.85 mb = 814.38 m = 2671.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.85 mb = 1140.03 m = 3740.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.85 mb = 9593.81 m = 31475.38 ft B at Equ Level: 622.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.85 mb = 12007.71 m = 39394.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 27.53 Bulk Shear: 22.70 m/s