MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 31.19,-73.78 Latitude: 31.19 Longitude: -73.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 26.1 23.0 83 3.2 23.9 175 17 297.9 301.1 296.4 349.1 17.62 1 1000 140 24.5 21.6 84 2.8 22.5 175 19 297.6 300.6 295.6 345.4 16.49 2 950 590 21.0 18.5 86 2.5 19.2 191 19 298.5 301.0 294.3 339.8 14.23 3 900 1058 19.1 15.3 78 3.9 16.5 215 18 301.2 303.5 293.6 337.2 12.23 4 850 1548 16.5 12.5 77 4.1 13.9 220 19 303.4 305.4 293.2 335.4 10.74 5 800 2062 13.8 9.6 76 4.2 11.2 223 21 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.2 9.42 6 750 2604 10.6 7.0 78 3.6 8.5 222 24 308.1 309.7 292.7 333.7 8.41 7 700 3176 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 224 27 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.8 7.58 8 650 3782 4.1 1.7 84 2.4 2.7 225 32 313.6 314.8 292.9 334.4 6.66 9 600 4429 -0.3 -1.7 90 1.4 -1.0 228 34 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.6 5.63 10 550 5122 -2.6 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.1 224 34 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.2 5.32 11 500 5874 -6.5 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.8 224 34 325.2 326.0 294.3 339.9 4.44 12 450 6691 -11.0 -12.7 87 1.7 -11.6 227 29 329.4 330.1 294.4 340.4 3.21 13 400 7587 -16.5 -20.3 72 3.8 -17.7 225 22 333.5 333.9 294.4 340.3 1.90 14 350 8577 -23.1 -27.2 69 4.1 -24.1 219 21 337.6 337.8 294.8 341.9 1.17 15 300 9688 -31.6 -38.7 49 7.1 -32.6 209 24 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.6 0.45 16 250 10948 -42.4 -57.9 17 15.5 -43.1 219 26 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.06 17 200 12410 -55.4 -59.7 59 4.3 -55.5 236 35 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14191 -65.6 -76.9 19 11.3 -65.7 303 28 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16632 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 216 14 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.13 m Freezing level: 603.38 mb = 4385.48 m = 14387.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.80 mb = 4245.51 m = 13928.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.84 mb = 399.76 m = 1311.52 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1255.17 m = 4117.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.91 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.43 mb = 797.94 m = 2617.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.43 mb = 2356.34 m = 7730.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.43 mb = 6993.87 m = 22945.48 ft B at Equ Level: 167.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.43 mb = 11425.92 m = 37486.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 40.25 m/s