MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 43.09,-73.50 Latitude: 43.09 Longitude: -73.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 155 10.7 8.7 87 2.0 9.6 157 3 283.7 284.9 282.7 303.2 7.05 1 1000 167 12.7 8.8 77 4.0 10.5 147 3 285.9 287.1 283.7 305.6 7.09 2 950 599 12.7 7.4 70 5.3 9.7 281 9 290.1 291.3 285.1 309.5 6.81 3 900 1051 9.2 5.6 78 3.6 7.3 300 10 291.0 292.1 285.0 309.1 6.35 4 850 1521 5.4 3.1 85 2.3 4.2 302 11 291.8 292.8 284.5 308.0 5.62 5 800 2014 2.2 0.6 90 1.5 1.4 284 11 293.5 294.4 284.6 308.1 5.01 6 750 2532 -1.0 -2.5 89 1.5 -1.6 287 12 295.5 296.3 284.6 308.1 4.24 7 700 3082 -2.0 -11.5 48 9.5 -5.5 261 15 300.3 300.7 284.3 307.3 2.26 8 650 3667 -5.0 -15.9 42 10.8 -8.5 256 20 303.3 303.6 284.8 308.7 1.71 9 600 4292 -8.1 -22.9 29 14.8 -12.1 257 29 306.7 306.9 285.3 310.1 1.01 10 550 4961 -13.1 -22.2 47 9.0 -15.4 253 33 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.4 1.17 11 500 5679 -18.5 -31.4 31 12.9 -20.8 258 34 310.4 310.5 286.2 312.4 0.55 12 450 6455 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.0 -26.2 263 37 312.2 312.3 286.6 313.6 0.40 13 400 7298 -32.2 -42.9 34 10.7 -33.1 258 38 313.1 313.2 286.7 313.9 0.22 14 350 8225 -38.8 -54.6 17 15.7 -39.6 246 43 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.6 0.07 15 300 9272 -43.1 -59.3 15 16.1 -43.7 236 53 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.04 16 250 10488 -46.9 -64.6 11 17.8 -47.4 235 59 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 11965 -46.7 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 241 48 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 13852 -50.6 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.2 247 36 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16466 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -55.0 237 17 422.6 422.6 308.0 422.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.70 m Freezing level: 765.19 mb = 2374.60 m = 7790.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.60 mb = 2252.17 m = 7388.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 18.76 C = 65.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.73 mb = 408.69 m = 1340.82 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1473.91 m = 4835.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.70 C = 65.66 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 4.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 17.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11756.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.35 mb = 1167.09 m = 3828.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 23.43 m/s