MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.66,-72.56 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -72.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 92 18.5 16.6 89 1.9 17.3 173 6 291.2 293.3 290.2 324.8 11.91 1 1000 140 18.4 16.6 89 1.9 17.2 174 7 291.6 293.7 290.4 325.3 11.93 2 950 579 17.0 10.5 65 6.5 13.1 210 23 294.4 295.9 288.3 318.6 8.39 3 900 1038 13.1 6.4 64 6.7 9.4 217 21 295.0 296.3 286.9 314.6 6.72 4 850 1514 8.5 5.5 82 2.9 6.9 218 21 295.0 296.2 286.9 314.4 6.68 5 800 2012 4.1 2.8 91 1.3 3.4 220 19 295.5 296.6 286.3 312.7 5.87 6 750 2534 1.0 -1.1 86 2.1 0.0 212 17 297.6 298.5 285.9 311.6 4.71 7 700 3085 -2.0 -7.6 65 5.6 -4.3 222 16 300.3 300.9 285.2 309.7 3.08 8 650 3674 -2.2 -42.3 3 40.1 -9.5 224 16 306.4 306.5 284.2 307.0 0.14 9 600 4305 -5.8 -38.8 5 33.1 -11.9 212 19 309.4 309.5 285.4 310.2 0.22 10 550 4980 -10.1 -35.5 10 25.4 -14.9 215 20 312.1 312.2 286.5 313.3 0.34 11 500 5706 -16.1 -23.2 54 7.1 -17.9 222 23 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.4 1.18 12 450 6489 -21.7 -31.7 40 10.0 -23.4 220 27 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.1 0.60 13 400 7346 -28.0 -34.6 53 6.6 -28.9 218 29 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.4 0.51 14 350 8290 -34.7 -46.8 28 12.1 -35.6 216 26 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.16 15 300 9347 -43.8 -51.9 41 8.0 -44.2 223 34 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.11 16 250 10543 -53.6 -57.3 64 3.7 -53.7 224 48 326.4 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.07 17 200 11969 -53.9 -70.4 12 16.5 -54.2 223 45 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13822 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 234 31 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 19 100 16436 -53.1 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 235 16 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.35 m Freezing level: 733.35 mb = 2717.54 m = 8915.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.77 mb = 2536.35 m = 8321.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.00 % Est. max temperature: 22.34 C = 72.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.23 mb = 328.74 m = 1078.52 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1321.11 m = 4334.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.36 C = 72.25 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: 0.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 24.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.21 mb = 1157.00 m = 3795.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.21 mb = 1492.68 m = 4897.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 662.21 mb = 3526.25 m = 11568.92 ft B at Equ Level: 145.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.21 mb = 7667.43 m = 25155.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.6 neg: -9.2 tot: 64.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 25.41 Bulk Shear: 5.74 m/s