MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 47.56,-68.85 Latitude: 47.56 Longitude: -68.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 968 300 18.5 12.1 66 6.4 14.6 282 12 294.3 296.0 289.0 320.8 9.21 2 950 460 15.8 10.9 73 4.9 12.9 283 18 293.2 294.7 288.1 317.9 8.65 3 900 915 11.1 9.8 91 1.4 10.3 283 22 293.0 294.5 287.8 317.2 8.46 4 850 1389 7.2 6.3 94 0.9 6.8 287 31 293.7 295.0 286.8 314.2 7.08 5 800 1886 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.2 280 32 296.3 297.4 286.9 314.4 6.20 6 750 2410 2.0 0.6 90 1.4 1.3 274 32 298.8 299.8 286.9 314.7 5.34 7 700 2965 -0.3 -3.7 77 3.5 -1.8 263 38 302.2 303.0 287.0 314.8 4.15 8 650 3556 -1.3 -13.0 41 11.6 -5.7 258 46 307.5 307.9 286.9 314.4 2.17 9 600 4191 -3.7 -19.5 28 15.8 -8.7 252 48 311.8 312.1 287.5 316.3 1.35 10 550 4874 -6.8 -33.5 10 26.8 -12.6 248 47 316.1 316.1 287.9 317.5 0.41 11 500 5611 -10.8 -38.5 8 27.7 -15.9 249 47 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.28 12 450 6412 -16.8 -32.7 24 15.9 -19.9 249 49 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.54 13 400 7283 -23.6 -37.2 28 13.5 -25.6 250 51 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.39 14 350 8243 -31.2 -38.4 49 7.2 -32.1 250 51 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.39 15 300 9318 -39.0 -50.1 30 11.0 -39.8 247 56 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.13 16 250 10543 -48.0 -58.9 27 10.9 -48.3 241 57 334.7 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 11988 -53.7 -69.1 13 15.5 -53.9 242 60 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13820 -57.8 -81.5 3 23.6 -58.1 242 62 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16358 -60.3 -85.1 2 24.8 -60.6 247 48 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.92 m Freezing level: 705.51 mb = 2903.70 m = 9526.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.12 mb = 2637.19 m = 8652.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.50 % Est. max temperature: 19.46 C = 67.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.77 mb = 1094.31 m = 3590.20 ft T: 9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.99 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1133.98 m = 3720.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.47 C = 63.44 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 7.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 8.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.06 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 20.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.79 mb = 1122.40 m = 3682.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.79 mb = 1169.77 m = 3837.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.79 mb = 2707.33 m = 8882.22 ft B at Equ Level: 29.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 652.79 mb = 3522.25 m = 11555.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 69.51 m/s