MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1004 83 22.1 14.5 62 7.6 17.2 215 8 294.9 296.8 290.2 324.9 10.42 1 1000 119 21.0 13.7 63 7.3 16.4 214 7 294.2 296.0 289.5 322.6 9.91 2 950 560 16.5 12.4 76 4.2 14.0 213 13 293.9 295.7 289.1 321.3 9.54 3 900 1017 11.9 11.1 95 0.8 11.4 213 14 293.8 295.4 288.8 320.3 9.24 4 850 1493 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 217 21 294.8 296.1 287.6 316.5 7.50 5 800 1991 5.2 3.8 90 1.5 4.5 226 27 296.7 297.9 287.1 315.1 6.28 6 750 2516 2.1 0.1 86 2.0 1.1 230 25 298.9 299.8 286.8 314.2 5.14 7 700 3070 -1.2 -3.9 82 2.7 -2.4 232 21 301.1 301.9 286.5 313.5 4.08 8 650 3659 -3.5 -6.4 80 2.9 -4.7 236 22 305.0 305.7 287.5 316.3 3.65 9 600 4286 -7.7 -29.6 15 22.0 -12.6 246 21 307.2 307.3 285.0 309.1 0.55 10 550 4958 -11.1 -40.0 7 28.8 -15.9 243 25 310.9 310.9 285.9 311.6 0.21 11 500 5683 -15.1 -48.3 4 33.2 -19.3 244 30 314.6 314.6 287.1 315.0 0.10 12 450 6471 -20.2 -42.2 12 22.0 -23.1 248 31 317.9 317.9 288.3 318.7 0.21 13 400 7331 -27.5 -38.3 35 10.8 -28.9 241 35 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.35 14 350 8274 -35.5 -45.4 35 10.0 -36.2 234 37 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.19 15 300 9327 -44.2 -52.6 39 8.4 -44.5 235 37 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.10 16 250 10527 -51.6 -59.4 39 7.8 -51.8 228 38 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 17 200 11966 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 234 44 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 13828 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 237 38 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16441 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.9 244 15 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.39 m Freezing level: 718.43 mb = 2865.45 m = 9400.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.15 mb = 2687.27 m = 8816.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 21.92 C = 71.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.93 mb = 1036.32 m = 3399.95 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.39 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1066.04 m = 3497.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.10 C = 69.98 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 27.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.54 mb = 1077.06 m = 3533.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.54 mb = 1123.77 m = 3686.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.54 mb = 5405.95 m = 17735.85 ft B at Equ Level: 212.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.54 mb = 9815.38 m = 32202.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 70.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 9.48 Bulk Shear: 22.43 m/s