MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 42.28,-77.18 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -77.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 964 445 26.9 20.5 68 6.4 22.3 224 5 303.2 306.1 296.7 350.3 15.89 2 950 576 25.6 19.0 67 6.6 20.9 221 7 303.1 305.8 295.9 346.7 14.69 3 900 1049 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.8 221 9 303.0 305.7 295.7 346.1 14.52 4 850 1541 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.6 222 11 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.5 14.08 5 800 2055 12.8 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 239 19 304.8 307.0 294.1 339.2 11.50 6 750 2594 8.8 7.1 89 1.7 7.8 238 22 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.6 8.46 7 700 3162 5.8 0.9 71 4.9 3.2 253 23 308.9 310.0 290.8 326.9 5.83 8 650 3767 3.2 -3.5 61 6.8 -0.1 257 22 312.6 313.5 290.9 326.9 4.53 9 600 4411 -0.5 -18.2 25 17.7 -6.6 258 25 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.7 1.52 10 550 5099 -5.3 -29.9 12 24.6 -11.4 255 26 317.8 317.9 288.7 319.9 0.58 11 500 5839 -10.3 -39.4 7 29.1 -15.6 240 26 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.25 12 450 6642 -16.0 -38.8 12 22.9 -19.8 229 31 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.29 13 400 7517 -22.1 -32.6 38 10.5 -24.0 225 32 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.62 14 350 8485 -28.6 -32.7 68 4.0 -29.3 234 31 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.7 0.70 15 300 9571 -36.6 -45.6 39 8.9 -37.4 236 28 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.6 0.22 16 250 10808 -46.2 -51.0 58 4.8 -46.4 243 29 337.4 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.14 17 200 12255 -57.3 -61.0 63 3.6 -57.4 238 43 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14041 -63.4 -77.4 13 14.0 -63.5 235 38 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16535 -61.2 -82.9 4 21.7 -61.5 262 17 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.63 m Freezing level: 606.21 mb = 4330.80 m = 14208.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.50 mb = 3747.94 m = 12296.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.01 mb = 1261.48 m = 4138.66 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 23.47 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1473.62 m = 4834.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.86 C Showalter Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 26.83 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2143.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.84 mb = 1421.55 m = 4663.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.84 mb = 1572.26 m = 5158.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.84 mb = 12677.39 m = 41591.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2141.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.84 mb = 16128.48 m = 52914.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 77.04 Bulk Shear: 27.82 m/s