MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.64,-72.70 Latitude: 41.64 Longitude: -72.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 20.1 16.0 77 4.1 17.4 177 8 292.8 294.8 290.3 325.2 11.41 1 1000 132 19.4 15.6 79 3.8 17.0 178 8 292.5 294.5 290.1 324.4 11.23 2 950 571 15.8 14.2 90 1.6 14.8 196 24 293.2 295.1 290.0 324.0 10.80 3 900 1029 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 10.0 217 21 294.8 296.1 287.5 316.2 7.40 4 850 1505 8.4 5.9 84 2.6 7.1 219 21 295.0 296.2 287.1 314.9 6.85 5 800 2003 4.2 3.2 94 0.9 3.7 229 20 295.6 296.7 286.5 313.2 6.04 6 750 2525 1.1 -0.4 90 1.5 0.4 222 23 297.7 298.6 286.2 312.5 4.96 7 700 3077 -2.4 -4.2 87 1.8 -3.2 227 27 299.9 300.6 286.0 311.9 4.00 8 650 3662 -4.1 -13.5 48 9.4 -7.4 238 23 304.3 304.7 285.6 310.8 2.07 9 600 4290 -7.2 -14.0 58 6.7 -9.6 241 24 307.7 308.1 286.9 314.6 2.16 10 550 4963 -11.5 -15.4 73 3.9 -12.8 232 28 310.4 310.8 287.8 317.2 2.10 11 500 5686 -16.4 -19.5 77 3.1 -17.3 225 33 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.4 1.63 12 450 6469 -21.9 -25.3 74 3.4 -22.7 225 33 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.4 1.08 13 400 7326 -27.9 -37.7 39 9.8 -29.1 222 35 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.37 14 350 8269 -35.5 -44.4 39 9.0 -36.2 216 41 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.21 15 300 9322 -44.0 -54.6 30 10.6 -44.5 226 37 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.08 16 250 10523 -51.4 -62.7 25 11.3 -51.7 241 29 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 17 200 11962 -52.2 -74.0 6 21.7 -52.6 221 43 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13818 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 236 33 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16424 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 238 20 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.91 m Freezing level: 734.37 mb = 2697.31 m = 8849.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 744.81 mb = 2580.50 m = 8466.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.99 % Est. max temperature: 22.27 C = 72.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.20 mb = 605.28 m = 1985.79 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.37 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1068.66 m = 3506.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.11 C = 71.80 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 443.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.27 mb = 886.39 m = 2908.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.27 mb = 1213.58 m = 3981.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.27 mb = 8064.74 m = 26458.79 ft B at Equ Level: 442.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.27 mb = 11339.51 m = 37202.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 15.52 Bulk Shear: 28.55 m/s