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: 46.94,-72.47 Latitude: 46.94 Longitude: -72.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 981 268 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 13.9 105 3 288.8 290.6 287.8 317.2 10.14 2 950 539 12.9 12.7 99 0.1 12.8 160 11 290.2 292.0 288.0 317.8 9.76 3 900 992 10.6 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 197 18 292.5 294.0 288.0 317.7 8.84 4 850 1467 8.3 8.0 98 0.2 8.1 209 25 294.8 296.2 288.0 317.8 7.96 5 800 1967 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 213 30 297.1 298.4 288.0 317.8 7.05 6 750 2492 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.4 221 30 299.3 300.4 287.8 317.1 6.00 7 700 3047 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 228 28 301.4 302.3 287.5 316.4 4.98 8 650 3635 -4.3 -4.8 96 0.5 -4.6 231 25 304.1 304.9 287.6 316.7 4.11 9 600 4261 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 229 24 306.8 307.4 287.8 317.0 3.25 10 550 4932 -12.4 -13.7 90 1.3 -12.8 217 30 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.1 2.42 11 500 5653 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.8 -17.5 213 39 312.3 312.6 288.1 318.0 1.74 12 450 6436 -22.1 -24.3 82 2.2 -22.6 215 45 315.5 315.7 288.6 319.5 1.19 13 400 7290 -29.0 -31.9 76 2.8 -29.5 216 48 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.6 0.66 14 350 8229 -36.5 -39.9 71 3.4 -36.8 211 51 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.34 15 300 9278 -45.6 -49.2 67 3.6 -45.8 215 59 321.0 321.1 289.2 321.6 0.14 16 250 10464 -55.8 -60.7 54 4.9 -55.9 229 63 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.3 0.04 17 200 11885 -52.0 -72.5 7 20.5 -52.4 225 38 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13758 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.9 227 24 383.5 383.5 302.8 383.5 0.00 19 100 16398 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.1 230 14 428.5 428.5 308.7 428.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.69 m Freezing level: 714.16 mb = 2889.53 m = 9479.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.39 mb = 2860.63 m = 9385.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.51 % Est. max temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.76 mb = 304.64 m = 999.48 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 1.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.85 mb = 782.32 m = 2566.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.68 C = 62.02 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.30 mb = 741.98 m = 2434.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.30 mb = 2359.65 m = 7741.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 602.30 mb = 4231.37 m = 13882.28 ft B at Equ Level: 31.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.30 mb = 6076.90 m = 19937.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 187.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 71.60 m/s