MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.54,-72.79 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -72.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 98 9.8 9.1 96 0.7 9.4 304 1 282.2 283.5 282.2 302.0 7.20 1 1000 168 12.9 7.5 70 5.4 9.9 311 6 286.0 287.2 283.1 304.2 6.49 2 950 603 14.5 6.4 58 8.1 10.0 297 5 291.9 293.1 285.4 310.2 6.35 3 900 1057 10.7 6.3 74 4.4 8.2 290 9 292.5 293.7 285.9 311.6 6.65 4 850 1530 6.7 1.7 70 5.0 4.2 294 12 293.2 294.1 284.5 308.0 5.09 5 800 2024 3.4 -3.5 61 6.9 0.3 292 14 294.8 295.4 283.7 305.7 3.69 6 750 2546 2.5 -13.0 31 15.5 -3.1 289 19 299.3 299.6 283.5 305.1 1.88 7 700 3102 1.2 -19.7 19 20.9 -5.4 292 21 303.8 304.0 284.4 307.5 1.15 8 650 3695 -0.7 -28.5 10 27.8 -7.8 300 19 308.2 308.3 285.4 310.1 0.56 9 600 4329 -4.5 -23.3 21 18.8 -9.8 296 20 310.9 311.1 286.8 314.2 0.97 10 550 5008 -9.2 -32.8 13 23.6 -14.2 286 23 313.1 313.2 287.0 314.7 0.44 11 500 5736 -15.0 -38.0 12 22.9 -18.8 284 25 314.7 314.8 287.3 315.7 0.29 12 450 6521 -21.7 -38.4 21 16.7 -24.0 282 31 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.1 0.31 13 400 7376 -28.5 -41.4 28 12.9 -29.9 277 34 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.8 0.25 14 350 8318 -35.5 -48.6 25 13.1 -36.5 271 32 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.3 0.13 15 300 9373 -43.8 -56.0 25 12.1 -44.3 272 40 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.8 0.06 16 250 10571 -53.2 -60.8 39 7.6 -53.4 274 41 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.04 17 200 11989 -54.1 -65.3 24 11.2 -54.4 261 43 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 13854 -52.4 -79.7 2 27.3 -52.8 245 37 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16454 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 240 28 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.66 m Freezing level: 667.88 mb = 3482.85 m = 11426.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.40 mb = 2070.65 m = 6793.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.16 % Est. max temperature: 20.63 C = 69.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.27 mb = 182.68 m = 599.34 ft T: 12.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 6.46 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1858.43 m = 6097.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.79 C = 71.22 F Cap Strength: 8.56 C Lifted Index: 8.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.10 C Showalter Index: 8.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 2.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11331.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.99 mb = 1346.71 m = 4418.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 20.99 m/s