MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.22,-71.36 Latitude: 42.22 Longitude: -71.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 65 29.6 20.9 60 8.7 23.4 102 5 302.4 305.3 296.4 348.8 15.71 1 1000 105 28.6 20.3 61 8.3 22.7 101 5 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.4 15.16 2 950 559 24.2 19.2 74 5.0 20.6 163 4 301.7 304.4 295.6 345.6 14.89 3 900 1029 19.6 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 203 6 301.7 304.5 295.7 345.7 14.93 4 850 1520 15.6 15.4 98 0.2 15.5 228 12 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.04 5 800 2032 12.0 8.2 78 3.8 9.7 249 17 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.5 8.55 6 750 2570 9.3 3.5 67 5.8 6.1 254 12 306.7 307.9 290.8 326.8 6.59 7 700 3139 6.5 -0.2 62 6.7 2.9 245 8 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.4 5.38 8 650 3744 2.6 -4.5 59 7.1 -0.7 258 10 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.3 4.22 9 600 4386 -0.9 -8.7 55 7.8 -4.3 267 12 315.1 315.7 290.5 325.7 3.30 10 550 5075 -5.6 -14.9 48 9.3 -9.0 256 11 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.6 2.18 11 500 5815 -10.4 -21.4 40 11.0 -13.7 269 16 320.4 320.6 290.3 325.1 1.38 12 450 6617 -14.5 -40.1 9 25.6 -18.8 273 13 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.0 0.26 13 400 7501 -19.9 -46.7 7 26.8 -23.4 324 7 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 14 350 8473 -28.6 -47.8 14 19.1 -30.5 316 8 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.15 15 300 9558 -37.5 -59.6 8 22.1 -38.6 326 10 332.5 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.04 16 250 10786 -48.5 -54.7 49 6.1 -48.7 318 22 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12213 -59.4 -66.0 42 6.6 -59.5 319 23 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 18 150 13995 -63.8 -77.2 15 13.4 -64.0 284 30 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16500 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 248 11 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.59 m Freezing level: 612.88 mb = 4220.64 m = 13847.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3618.46 m = 11871.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.10 mb = 1163.03 m = 3815.68 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.48 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1217.73 m = 3995.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -5.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2230.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.69 mb = 1176.68 m = 3860.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.69 mb = 1323.40 m = 4341.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.69 mb = 12876.43 m = 42244.98 ft B at Equ Level: 2222.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.69 mb = 15928.23 m = 52257.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: -7.3 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 89.94 Bulk Shear: 24.80 m/s