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: 46.71,-72.83 Latitude: 46.71 Longitude: -72.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 984 241 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.4 122 2 289.0 290.9 288.2 318.2 10.42 2 950 537 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.3 172 14 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.2 10.04 3 900 991 11.1 10.8 98 0.3 10.9 191 26 293.0 294.6 288.3 318.8 9.06 4 850 1466 8.3 7.9 98 0.3 8.1 200 33 294.8 296.2 288.0 317.7 7.90 5 800 1966 5.6 5.0 96 0.5 5.3 209 34 297.1 298.3 287.8 317.2 6.86 6 750 2491 2.3 1.8 97 0.5 2.0 219 31 299.0 300.1 287.5 316.2 5.80 7 700 3045 -0.9 -1.3 97 0.4 -1.1 222 29 301.5 302.4 287.6 316.5 4.97 8 650 3634 -4.0 -4.7 95 0.7 -4.3 220 28 304.4 305.2 287.8 317.1 4.15 9 600 4261 -7.8 -8.8 93 0.9 -8.2 221 27 307.1 307.7 287.9 317.4 3.28 10 550 4933 -11.8 -13.1 90 1.3 -12.2 220 27 310.1 310.6 288.2 318.2 2.54 11 500 5656 -16.8 -18.6 86 1.8 -17.3 218 32 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.4 1.76 12 450 6439 -22.2 -24.3 83 2.1 -22.7 217 39 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.4 1.19 13 400 7293 -28.8 -31.4 78 2.6 -29.2 216 44 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.69 14 350 8232 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 211 48 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.35 15 300 9282 -45.6 -48.9 69 3.4 -45.7 212 55 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.7 0.15 16 250 10467 -56.1 -59.7 64 3.6 -56.2 225 62 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.8 0.05 17 200 11886 -51.9 -72.8 6 20.9 -52.2 228 38 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13760 -50.2 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 230 23 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16399 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.2 233 14 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.25 m Freezing level: 714.21 mb = 2887.73 m = 9474.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.61 mb = 2845.73 m = 9336.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.66 % Est. max temperature: 21.01 C = 69.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.74 mb = 275.96 m = 905.36 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 799.97 m = 2624.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.53 C = 63.56 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.73 mb = 727.01 m = 2385.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.73 mb = 1237.40 m = 4059.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 553.73 mb = 4880.99 m = 16013.54 ft B at Equ Level: 79.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.73 mb = 7770.64 m = 25493.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 246.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 58.73 m/s