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: 41.72,-72.61 Latitude: 41.72 Longitude: -72.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 83 19.9 15.7 76 4.3 17.2 175 7 292.6 294.6 290.1 324.4 11.19 1 1000 132 19.2 15.4 78 3.8 16.7 176 7 292.4 294.3 289.9 323.8 11.05 2 950 571 15.9 14.0 89 1.9 14.7 196 24 293.3 295.2 289.9 323.7 10.65 3 900 1029 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.9 217 21 294.7 296.0 287.4 316.0 7.36 4 850 1505 8.3 5.9 84 2.5 7.0 219 21 294.9 296.1 287.0 314.7 6.84 5 800 2002 4.1 3.1 93 1.1 3.6 230 20 295.6 296.6 286.4 313.0 5.97 6 750 2524 1.0 -0.6 89 1.6 0.3 222 23 297.7 298.6 286.1 312.2 4.89 7 700 3076 -2.4 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.2 227 27 299.9 300.6 286.0 311.9 3.99 8 650 3662 -4.3 -13.4 49 9.1 -7.5 237 23 304.1 304.5 285.6 310.7 2.09 9 600 4289 -7.2 -14.7 55 7.5 -9.8 240 24 307.8 308.1 286.8 314.3 2.04 10 550 4962 -11.5 -15.8 70 4.3 -12.9 231 29 310.4 310.8 287.8 317.0 2.02 11 500 5685 -16.4 -19.7 76 3.3 -17.3 224 33 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.4 1.61 12 450 6469 -22.0 -25.1 76 3.1 -22.7 223 33 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.4 1.11 13 400 7325 -28.0 -37.0 42 9.0 -29.2 221 35 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.40 14 350 8268 -35.5 -43.8 42 8.4 -36.1 215 41 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.8 0.22 15 300 9321 -44.1 -54.5 31 10.3 -44.6 224 38 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.08 16 250 10522 -51.4 -62.7 25 11.3 -51.6 239 30 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.03 17 200 11961 -52.3 -74.0 6 21.7 -52.7 220 44 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13817 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 235 34 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16423 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.4 237 20 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5553.14 m Freezing level: 735.07 mb = 2689.12 m = 8822.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.32 mb = 2563.75 m = 8411.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.01 % Est. max temperature: 22.20 C = 71.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.25 mb = 622.54 m = 2042.42 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.34 mb = 1081.24 m = 3547.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.06 C = 71.71 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.67 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 410.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.15 mb = 905.94 m = 2972.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.15 mb = 1233.57 m = 4047.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.15 mb = 7721.56 m = 25332.89 ft B at Equ Level: 409.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.15 mb = 11111.60 m = 36454.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 14.24 Bulk Shear: 28.79 m/s