MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 46.05,-74.98 Latitude: 46.05 Longitude: -74.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 979 286 14.9 13.7 93 1.2 14.2 106 1 289.8 291.6 288.2 318.3 10.14 2 950 543 12.2 11.8 97 0.4 12.0 299 1 289.6 291.2 287.2 315.4 9.17 3 900 995 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.8 256 9 291.6 293.0 286.4 312.9 7.46 4 850 1468 7.5 5.8 89 1.7 6.5 229 19 294.0 295.2 286.6 313.6 6.80 5 800 1965 4.3 2.8 89 1.6 3.5 229 24 295.8 296.8 286.4 312.9 5.84 6 750 2487 0.5 -0.5 93 1.0 0.0 236 23 297.1 298.0 285.9 311.7 4.91 7 700 3039 -1.6 -2.2 96 0.6 -1.9 243 18 300.7 301.6 287.0 314.8 4.66 8 650 3625 -5.3 -6.6 91 1.3 -5.9 249 18 302.9 303.6 286.7 313.9 3.58 9 600 4249 -9.2 -11.4 84 2.2 -9.9 239 22 305.5 306.0 286.7 313.9 2.67 10 550 4918 -12.6 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.2 229 26 309.1 309.6 287.6 316.5 2.31 11 500 5639 -17.0 -18.7 86 1.7 -17.5 228 32 312.3 312.6 288.1 318.0 1.74 12 450 6421 -22.3 -24.1 85 1.8 -22.7 226 39 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.3 1.21 13 400 7276 -28.5 -31.6 75 3.1 -29.0 226 45 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.68 14 350 8216 -36.4 -40.6 65 4.2 -36.7 219 49 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.32 15 300 9264 -45.9 -49.8 64 4.0 -46.0 216 54 320.7 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.13 16 250 10450 -55.1 -58.9 63 3.8 -55.1 220 62 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.4 0.05 17 200 11878 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.6 235 33 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13758 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 252 18 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16395 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.5 239 14 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5528.83 m Freezing level: 738.06 mb = 2618.69 m = 8591.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.47 mb = 2492.41 m = 8177.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.86 % Est. max temperature: 19.81 C = 67.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.54 mb = 432.52 m = 1419.00 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 5.39 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 998.19 m = 3274.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.76 C = 62.17 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 2.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 29.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.83 mb = 876.37 m = 2875.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.83 mb = 2088.88 m = 6853.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.83 mb = 2950.03 m = 9678.44 ft B at Equ Level: 25.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 567.83 mb = 4672.84 m = 15330.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -9.9 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 54.00 m/s