MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 45.14,-70.75 Latitude: 45.14 Longitude: -70.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 552 SFC 940 643 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 137 7 292.0 293.8 288.9 320.4 10.00 3 900 1006 10.1 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 151 17 291.9 293.4 287.5 316.2 8.51 4 850 1479 7.1 6.0 93 1.1 6.5 171 27 293.6 294.8 286.6 313.6 6.92 5 800 1975 4.1 2.9 92 1.2 3.5 180 30 295.5 296.6 286.3 312.7 5.90 6 750 2497 0.3 -0.2 97 0.5 0.0 185 33 296.9 297.8 285.9 311.7 5.03 7 700 3048 -2.3 -2.8 96 0.6 -2.5 190 35 300.0 300.8 286.5 313.3 4.43 8 650 3634 -4.9 -5.5 96 0.6 -5.2 200 34 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.4 3.90 9 600 4259 -8.5 -9.3 94 0.9 -8.8 208 31 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.1 3.14 10 550 4928 -13.1 -14.5 89 1.4 -13.6 209 28 308.5 308.9 287.3 315.7 2.26 11 500 5647 -17.9 -19.8 86 1.8 -18.4 202 29 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.4 1.60 12 450 6427 -23.1 -25.4 82 2.3 -23.6 189 33 314.1 314.4 288.0 317.8 1.08 13 400 7277 -30.3 -33.1 77 2.8 -30.6 178 34 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.7 0.59 14 350 8211 -36.8 -49.7 25 12.9 -37.7 191 45 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.12 15 300 9260 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.2 -45.0 200 48 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.08 16 250 10458 -51.7 -61.9 28 10.2 -51.9 204 49 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.04 17 200 11899 -49.8 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 211 42 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 13783 -50.3 -79.9 2 29.6 -51.0 216 27 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 19 100 16413 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.8 231 19 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.61 m Freezing level: 744.68 mb = 2555.41 m = 8383.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.61 mb = 2500.87 m = 8204.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.36 % Est. max temperature: 17.41 C = 63.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.40 mb = 745.22 m = 2444.90 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.45 mb = 1178.14 m = 3865.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.24 C = 57.64 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 2.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 30.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.09 mb = 1181.52 m = 3876.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.09 mb = 1228.64 m = 4030.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.09 mb = 3802.77 m = 12476.11 ft B at Equ Level: 80.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 426.09 mb = 6821.21 m = 22379.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.6 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 222.6 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 61.77 m/s