MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 45.55,-74.08 Latitude: 45.55 Longitude: -74.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 58 23.8 12.0 48 11.8 16.4 211 16 296.5 298.1 289.3 322.0 8.79 1 1000 105 22.8 10.8 47 11.9 15.5 212 19 295.9 297.4 288.6 319.6 8.17 2 950 548 18.3 9.2 55 9.1 12.9 213 26 295.8 297.2 288.2 318.2 7.72 3 900 1007 13.8 8.1 68 5.8 10.5 213 28 295.8 297.1 288.0 317.6 7.53 4 850 1485 9.1 6.9 86 2.2 7.8 213 29 295.7 297.0 287.8 317.0 7.33 5 800 1984 4.6 3.7 94 0.9 4.1 216 32 296.1 297.2 286.9 314.3 6.24 6 750 2507 1.0 -1.7 83 2.6 -0.3 222 38 297.6 298.4 285.7 311.0 4.52 7 700 3058 -2.3 -9.9 56 7.6 -5.2 225 34 300.0 300.4 284.5 307.9 2.57 8 650 3644 -4.3 -13.0 51 8.7 -7.4 222 34 304.1 304.5 285.7 310.9 2.16 9 600 4270 -7.7 -15.4 54 7.6 -10.2 222 34 307.2 307.5 286.5 313.4 1.93 10 550 4942 -11.7 -14.1 82 2.4 -12.5 225 36 310.2 310.6 288.0 317.7 2.33 11 500 5666 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 227 38 313.4 313.7 288.6 319.5 1.87 12 450 6450 -21.7 -23.8 83 2.1 -22.2 236 37 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.1 1.24 13 400 7307 -28.2 -30.9 77 2.8 -28.6 236 37 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.9 0.72 14 350 8249 -35.9 -39.2 71 3.3 -36.2 236 43 320.4 320.4 289.3 321.7 0.36 15 300 9301 -44.7 -48.1 69 3.4 -44.9 229 52 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.9 0.16 16 250 10490 -56.0 -59.5 65 3.4 -56.1 230 58 322.8 322.8 289.6 323.0 0.05 17 200 11890 -54.1 -70.6 11 16.5 -54.4 243 34 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 13757 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 253 25 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.6 0.00 19 100 16399 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.3 247 15 428.1 428.1 308.6 428.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5561.24 m Freezing level: 735.19 mb = 2669.79 m = 8759.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.11 mb = 2473.15 m = 8113.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.59 % Est. max temperature: 22.99 C = 73.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.77 mb = 1536.17 m = 5039.85 ft T: 8.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.12 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1666.89 m = 5468.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 24.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 119.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.43 mb = 1667.08 m = 5469.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.43 mb = 1716.69 m = 5632.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 576.43 mb = 4579.82 m = 15025.48 ft B at Equ Level: 119.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.43 mb = 7369.88 m = 24179.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 98.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 17.22 m/s