MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1005 83 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.7 192 9 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.3 11.30 1 1000 129 20.5 15.4 73 5.1 17.2 192 8 293.7 295.6 290.3 325.3 11.08 2 950 569 16.2 14.1 88 2.1 14.8 194 17 293.6 295.5 290.0 324.1 10.70 3 900 1026 11.9 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 198 21 293.8 295.5 289.0 320.9 9.44 4 850 1502 8.4 6.4 87 2.0 7.3 206 24 295.0 296.3 287.3 315.6 7.12 5 800 2000 4.6 4.0 96 0.6 4.2 216 24 296.0 297.2 286.9 314.6 6.37 6 750 2523 1.2 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 224 25 297.9 298.8 286.5 313.3 5.21 7 700 3075 -1.9 -3.2 90 1.4 -2.5 235 27 300.4 301.2 286.5 313.4 4.30 8 650 3663 -4.6 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.9 241 25 303.8 304.5 287.4 315.9 3.95 9 600 4288 -8.6 -9.1 96 0.5 -8.8 229 26 306.1 306.7 287.5 316.1 3.20 10 550 4959 -11.4 -15.5 72 4.0 -12.8 231 31 310.5 310.9 287.8 317.3 2.08 11 500 5683 -16.0 -35.3 17 19.3 -19.3 234 33 313.5 313.6 287.1 314.9 0.38 12 450 6468 -21.0 -48.1 7 27.1 -24.0 233 32 316.8 316.8 287.8 317.2 0.11 13 400 7328 -26.8 -52.0 7 25.2 -28.9 240 30 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.08 14 350 8275 -34.9 -48.7 23 13.9 -35.8 241 30 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.2 0.13 15 300 9329 -43.8 -55.3 27 11.5 -44.2 232 35 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.07 16 250 10531 -51.3 -62.0 27 10.7 -51.5 225 35 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.04 17 200 11966 -53.3 -67.8 15 14.5 -53.6 224 42 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13822 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 234 34 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16434 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.3 242 15 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.40 m Freezing level: 730.70 mb = 2736.40 m = 8977.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.78 mb = 2643.88 m = 8674.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.16 % Est. max temperature: 22.15 C = 71.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.29 mb = 773.67 m = 2538.24 ft T: 14.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 873.50 m = 2865.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.04 C = 69.87 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.90 C Showalter Index: 2.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.65 mb = 862.03 m = 2828.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.65 mb = 908.21 m = 2979.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.65 mb = 8419.87 m = 27623.89 ft B at Equ Level: 547.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.65 mb = 11571.32 m = 37963.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 34.16 m/s