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: 41.78,-75.82 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -75.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 967 418 13.5 12.7 95 0.8 13.0 284 5 289.4 291.1 287.5 316.4 9.58 2 950 570 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 292 9 289.4 291.0 287.1 315.1 9.17 3 900 1020 9.0 7.7 92 1.3 8.3 307 14 290.8 292.1 285.9 311.7 7.34 4 850 1492 6.9 4.9 87 1.9 5.8 272 16 293.3 294.5 286.0 311.8 6.41 5 800 1988 3.8 1.7 86 2.1 2.8 251 19 295.2 296.2 285.7 311.1 5.41 6 750 2510 1.4 -2.0 78 3.3 -0.2 242 21 298.1 298.9 285.8 311.3 4.42 7 700 3062 -1.4 -10.3 51 8.9 -4.8 245 24 301.0 301.4 284.8 308.7 2.49 8 650 3649 -4.4 -25.4 18 21.0 -9.8 249 25 304.0 304.1 284.0 306.4 0.74 9 600 4275 -7.7 -33.1 11 25.4 -12.9 260 26 307.2 307.3 284.8 308.5 0.39 10 550 4946 -11.6 -38.2 9 26.5 -16.2 264 28 310.3 310.3 285.8 311.2 0.26 11 500 5668 -16.0 -47.8 5 31.8 -19.9 271 29 313.5 313.5 286.7 313.9 0.10 12 450 6454 -20.9 -46.5 8 25.6 -23.8 283 34 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.5 0.13 13 400 7313 -27.0 -44.2 18 17.2 -28.8 287 39 319.9 320.0 288.9 320.6 0.19 14 350 8258 -35.4 -48.9 24 13.4 -36.4 277 36 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.13 15 300 9312 -44.1 -54.1 32 10.1 -44.5 271 36 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.08 16 250 10511 -51.8 -61.2 31 9.4 -52.0 272 37 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 17 200 11947 -52.6 -68.2 13 15.6 -52.9 275 31 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 13809 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 272 26 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16421 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.8 260 22 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.73 m Freezing level: 724.95 mb = 2786.75 m = 9142.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.66 mb = 2481.32 m = 8140.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.84 % Est. max temperature: 18.62 C = 65.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.36 mb = 522.27 m = 1713.46 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 1020.08 m = 3346.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.88 C = 58.78 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 18.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10286.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 982.33 m = 3222.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 33.01 m/s