MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 42.63,-71.61 Latitude: 42.63 Longitude: -71.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 1000 122 21.4 14.3 64 7.0 16.8 188 9 294.5 296.4 290.0 324.1 10.32 2 950 560 16.5 11.7 73 4.8 13.6 191 16 294.0 295.6 288.8 320.2 9.15 3 900 1017 12.1 10.7 91 1.4 11.2 192 18 293.9 295.5 288.6 319.7 9.00 4 850 1493 8.1 6.8 91 1.3 7.3 203 22 294.6 295.9 287.3 315.7 7.30 5 800 1991 5.0 3.1 87 1.9 4.0 206 22 296.5 297.6 286.8 314.1 5.99 6 750 2514 1.6 -0.2 88 1.8 0.7 209 23 298.3 299.2 286.5 313.3 5.04 7 700 3067 -1.9 -3.1 91 1.2 -2.5 221 23 300.4 301.1 286.5 313.4 4.34 8 650 3654 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -4.9 220 25 303.9 304.7 287.4 315.9 3.91 9 600 4281 -7.8 -8.2 97 0.4 -8.0 220 31 307.1 307.7 288.0 317.8 3.42 10 550 4952 -12.5 -13.6 92 1.1 -12.9 222 34 309.2 309.7 287.8 317.0 2.44 11 500 5673 -17.3 -20.7 75 3.4 -18.1 217 36 312.0 312.3 287.7 316.9 1.47 12 450 6454 -22.9 -29.0 57 6.2 -24.0 215 37 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.2 0.77 13 400 7305 -29.5 -37.8 44 8.3 -30.4 212 41 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.0 0.37 14 350 8245 -35.8 -50.5 21 14.8 -36.7 210 45 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.9 0.11 15 300 9300 -43.3 -55.4 25 12.1 -43.8 232 36 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.07 16 250 10503 -51.6 -60.5 34 8.9 -51.8 241 35 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.04 17 200 11941 -51.4 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.8 225 42 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 13808 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 232 31 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16430 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.7 234 16 425.2 425.2 308.3 425.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.28 m Freezing level: 727.26 mb = 2765.71 m = 9073.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.78 mb = 2635.08 m = 8645.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.28 mb = 1005.00 m = 3297.20 ft T: 12.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1129.72 m = 3706.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.92 C = 69.66 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 30.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.08 mb = 1127.98 m = 3700.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.08 mb = 1174.97 m = 3854.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.08 mb = 7986.68 m = 26202.69 ft B at Equ Level: 379.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.08 mb = 10683.53 m = 35050.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.8 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 243.8 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 13.40 Bulk Shear: 28.52 m/s