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: 42.43,-71.79 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -71.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 989 201 27.6 21.0 67 6.6 22.8 203 2 301.7 304.6 296.4 348.8 15.98 2 950 557 24.1 19.4 75 4.8 20.8 204 3 301.7 304.4 295.7 346.0 15.05 3 900 1028 19.6 18.4 93 1.1 18.8 200 4 301.7 304.4 295.7 345.8 14.99 4 850 1519 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.1 211 10 303.1 305.6 295.2 343.6 13.64 5 800 2032 12.2 11.5 95 0.7 11.7 234 18 304.1 306.1 293.3 336.1 10.71 6 750 2571 8.7 5.2 79 3.5 6.7 251 16 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.41 7 700 3139 5.7 -0.6 64 6.3 2.4 252 11 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.0 5.23 8 650 3742 2.6 -4.2 61 6.8 -0.6 259 13 311.9 312.8 290.5 325.6 4.32 9 600 4384 -0.9 -11.1 46 10.2 -5.1 263 13 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.0 2.73 10 550 5073 -5.4 -15.2 46 9.8 -9.0 253 11 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.7 2.12 11 500 5813 -10.2 -21.5 39 11.3 -13.6 269 16 320.6 320.9 290.3 325.3 1.38 12 450 6617 -14.3 -37.5 12 23.2 -18.6 269 11 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.34 13 400 7502 -19.8 -48.3 6 28.6 -23.3 297 4 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.12 14 350 8473 -28.8 -46.3 17 17.6 -30.6 282 12 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.17 15 300 9558 -37.4 -66.0 3 28.6 -38.6 287 10 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 16 250 10787 -48.4 -53.5 55 5.2 -48.6 302 23 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 17 200 12214 -59.3 -66.5 39 7.2 -59.4 311 21 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 18 150 13994 -63.7 -76.8 15 13.0 -63.8 288 30 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16498 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 238 12 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.91 m Freezing level: 612.55 mb = 4223.13 m = 13855.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.25 mb = 3614.25 m = 11857.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.38 mb = 1043.67 m = 3424.07 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.05 mb = 1210.87 m = 3972.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.95 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.27 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2326.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.12 mb = 1142.29 m = 3747.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.12 mb = 1288.57 m = 4227.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.12 mb = 13106.75 m = 43000.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2295.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 169.86 Bulk Shear: 13.70 m/s