MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 45.47,-73.99 Latitude: 45.47 Longitude: -73.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 40 15.7 9.7 67 6.1 12.3 245 13 288.2 289.5 285.0 309.2 7.49 1 1000 116 14.4 9.1 71 5.3 11.4 246 15 287.5 288.8 284.5 307.9 7.27 2 950 547 10.0 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 246 18 287.3 288.6 284.3 307.4 7.13 3 900 993 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.7 244 19 287.6 288.7 283.5 305.4 6.30 4 850 1460 3.7 2.3 90 1.4 3.0 246 12 290.1 291.0 283.5 305.3 5.32 5 800 1950 0.8 -0.9 88 1.7 -0.0 243 11 292.0 292.8 283.4 304.9 4.46 6 750 2465 -2.1 -5.3 79 3.2 -3.4 237 12 294.3 294.9 283.2 304.5 3.44 7 700 3011 -4.2 -32.4 9 28.2 -10.0 233 13 297.8 297.9 280.9 299.0 0.36 8 650 3590 -8.2 -33.8 11 25.7 -13.0 233 16 299.7 299.8 281.7 300.9 0.34 9 600 4206 -11.7 -38.3 9 26.6 -15.9 227 19 302.6 302.6 282.7 303.4 0.23 10 550 4867 -15.7 -48.8 4 33.1 -19.4 226 22 305.5 305.5 283.7 305.8 0.08 11 500 5578 -20.9 -49.2 6 28.3 -23.7 228 24 307.5 307.5 284.5 307.8 0.09 12 450 6346 -27.3 -45.6 16 18.4 -28.9 230 25 309.0 309.0 285.1 309.5 0.14 13 400 7181 -34.5 -45.5 32 11.0 -35.3 232 29 310.1 310.1 285.6 310.7 0.16 14 350 8100 -40.8 -54.6 21 13.8 -41.4 230 36 313.7 313.7 286.7 314.0 0.07 15 300 9138 -44.6 -62.3 12 17.7 -45.1 226 39 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.7 0.03 16 250 10355 -45.0 -68.0 6 23.0 -45.6 221 37 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.02 17 200 11848 -44.5 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.4 228 24 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 18 150 13755 -48.1 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.9 241 18 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.01 19 100 16398 -51.9 -81.1 2 29.2 -52.7 232 9 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.96 m Freezing level: 786.82 mb = 2085.84 m = 6843.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.63 mb = 1943.54 m = 6376.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.80 % Est. max temperature: 17.21 C = 62.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.41 mb = 799.22 m = 2622.09 ft T: 7.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 10.22 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 833.60 m = 2734.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.11 C = 59.20 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: -1.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.22 mb = 827.85 m = 2716.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.22 mb = 872.94 m = 2863.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.22 mb = 2537.31 m = 8324.42 ft B at Equ Level: 16.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 693.22 mb = 3087.33 m = 10128.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.97 Bulk Shear: 1.69 m/s