MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.92,-74.37 Latitude: 40.92 Longitude: -74.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 998 157 21.0 12.9 60 8.1 16.0 246 8 294.4 296.1 289.2 321.5 9.44 2 950 576 15.6 11.8 78 3.9 13.3 246 10 293.0 294.7 288.5 319.2 9.16 3 900 1031 12.0 10.0 87 2.0 10.8 247 18 293.9 295.4 288.2 318.5 8.57 4 850 1508 9.4 3.9 68 5.5 6.5 247 24 296.0 297.1 286.6 313.5 5.97 5 800 2008 5.7 4.2 90 1.5 4.9 239 26 297.2 298.4 287.5 316.2 6.48 6 750 2533 1.8 1.1 95 0.7 1.4 238 31 298.6 299.6 287.1 314.9 5.52 7 700 3087 -1.3 -3.5 84 2.3 -2.3 238 31 301.1 301.9 286.7 313.8 4.21 8 650 3675 -3.5 -18.7 30 15.3 -8.2 243 29 305.0 305.3 285.1 309.4 1.34 9 600 4303 -6.1 -35.9 7 29.8 -12.1 252 29 309.0 309.1 285.3 310.1 0.30 10 550 4979 -9.6 -38.0 8 28.3 -14.7 256 34 312.6 312.7 286.6 313.6 0.26 11 500 5707 -14.7 -35.5 15 20.8 -18.4 259 34 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.4 0.37 12 450 6496 -20.3 -36.0 23 15.7 -22.8 258 35 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.1 0.39 13 400 7355 -27.7 -32.9 61 5.2 -28.5 258 38 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.1 0.60 14 350 8298 -35.8 -43.6 45 7.8 -36.5 258 39 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.3 0.23 15 300 9349 -44.1 -51.9 42 7.7 -44.5 259 40 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.6 0.11 16 250 10551 -51.3 -59.2 39 7.9 -51.5 266 40 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 17 200 11988 -53.3 -70.5 10 17.3 -53.6 267 40 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13840 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 266 37 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16441 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 258 21 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.62 m Freezing level: 720.37 mb = 2861.11 m = 9386.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.68 mb = 2742.44 m = 8997.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.73 C = 72.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.29 mb = 1168.91 m = 3834.97 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1371.48 m = 4499.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.05 C = 71.69 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 5.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 25.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.56 mb = 1147.60 m = 3765.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.56 mb = 1879.87 m = 6167.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 632.56 mb = 3888.32 m = 12756.79 ft B at Equ Level: 70.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 522.56 mb = 5370.31 m = 17618.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 42.89 m/s