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: 44.57,-74.01 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -74.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 963 525 17.2 10.4 64 6.8 13.1 24 2 293.5 295.0 287.8 317.1 8.23 2 950 641 16.6 9.9 65 6.7 12.6 14 6 294.0 295.5 287.8 317.3 8.07 3 900 1099 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.2 356 6 294.2 295.6 287.7 316.8 7.84 4 850 1574 7.7 7.4 98 0.3 7.6 349 6 294.3 295.6 287.5 316.3 7.64 5 800 2072 4.7 3.4 91 1.3 4.0 9 8 296.1 297.2 286.7 314.0 6.09 6 750 2595 1.7 -1.7 78 3.4 0.1 4 12 298.5 299.3 286.0 311.9 4.50 7 700 3149 0.6 -10.2 44 10.8 -3.6 347 12 303.2 303.7 285.7 311.0 2.51 8 650 3741 -1.9 -22.5 19 20.6 -7.8 339 10 306.8 307.0 285.3 310.0 0.97 9 600 4373 -5.5 -26.7 17 21.2 -10.9 335 8 309.8 309.9 286.1 312.2 0.72 10 550 5048 -10.9 -26.2 27 15.2 -14.6 323 9 311.1 311.3 286.7 313.9 0.82 11 500 5772 -15.6 -37.4 14 21.8 -19.1 331 9 314.1 314.1 287.1 315.2 0.31 12 450 6560 -20.7 -41.7 13 20.9 -23.5 1 10 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.0 0.22 13 400 7418 -27.1 -44.3 18 17.2 -28.9 21 14 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.5 0.19 14 350 8365 -34.5 -46.9 27 12.4 -35.5 31 17 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.16 15 300 9423 -42.6 -51.5 37 9.0 -43.0 40 22 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.11 16 250 10629 -51.6 -60.5 34 8.8 -51.8 43 18 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.04 17 200 12060 -53.5 -70.8 10 17.3 -53.8 346 7 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13915 -53.3 -79.6 3 26.2 -53.8 270 11 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 19 100 16506 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -56.1 270 6 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.19 m Freezing level: 687.27 mb = 3300.01 m = 10826.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.17 mb = 2614.61 m = 8578.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.10 % Est. max temperature: 19.32 C = 66.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.55 mb = 1384.99 m = 4543.88 ft T: 9.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.64 mb = 1548.49 m = 5080.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.95 C = 64.32 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 19.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.67 mb = 1528.65 m = 5015.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.67 mb = 1674.57 m = 5493.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.67 mb = 2815.83 m = 9238.17 ft B at Equ Level: 15.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 689.67 mb = 3268.09 m = 10721.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 15.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -7.7 tot: -5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.61 Bulk Shear: 2.47 m/s