MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.43,-73.83 Latitude: 44.43 Longitude: -73.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 SFC 968 479 17.2 10.8 66 6.4 13.4 63 2 293.1 294.6 287.8 317.3 8.45 2 950 641 16.2 10.0 67 6.2 12.6 23 5 293.7 295.1 287.8 317.1 8.16 3 900 1098 12.1 8.9 81 3.2 10.2 347 7 293.9 295.4 287.7 316.9 7.97 4 850 1574 7.6 7.3 98 0.4 7.4 340 7 294.1 295.5 287.3 315.9 7.54 5 800 2071 4.7 3.2 90 1.5 3.9 4 9 296.2 297.3 286.7 313.8 6.02 6 750 2595 1.6 -1.7 79 3.3 0.1 358 13 298.3 299.1 285.9 311.8 4.51 7 700 3149 0.7 -9.6 46 10.3 -3.4 346 13 303.2 303.7 285.8 311.4 2.64 8 650 3741 -1.7 -22.4 19 20.6 -7.7 337 10 307.0 307.2 285.4 310.2 0.98 9 600 4373 -5.5 -26.9 17 21.4 -10.9 332 8 309.8 309.9 286.1 312.2 0.70 10 550 5048 -10.8 -27.0 25 16.2 -14.6 320 10 311.3 311.4 286.7 313.9 0.76 11 500 5772 -15.6 -36.1 15 20.6 -19.1 324 9 314.0 314.1 287.2 315.3 0.35 12 450 6559 -20.9 -41.7 14 20.8 -23.7 353 9 316.9 317.0 288.0 317.7 0.22 13 400 7417 -27.2 -45.1 17 17.9 -29.0 15 13 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.17 14 350 8364 -34.5 -47.2 26 12.7 -35.5 29 16 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.15 15 300 9422 -42.7 -51.7 37 9.0 -43.1 39 21 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.11 16 250 10627 -51.5 -60.5 33 9.0 -51.7 42 16 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.04 17 200 12060 -53.2 -71.2 9 18.0 -53.5 330 6 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13916 -53.3 -79.5 3 26.2 -53.8 266 13 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16507 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 264 7 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5569.85 m Freezing level: 685.94 mb = 3315.29 m = 10876.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.88 mb = 2606.57 m = 8551.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.50 % Est. max temperature: 19.56 C = 67.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.17 mb = 1283.45 m = 4210.75 ft T: 10.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.52 mb = 1500.26 m = 4922.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.24 C = 64.83 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 20.18 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.41 mb = 1462.64 m = 4798.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.41 mb = 1608.27 m = 5276.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.41 mb = 2851.28 m = 9354.46 ft B at Equ Level: 18.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 686.41 mb = 3305.42 m = 10844.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.4 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 11.4 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -8.9 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.39 Bulk Shear: 4.44 m/s