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: 42.47,-71.68 Latitude: 42.47 Longitude: -71.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 150 27.8 21.2 67 6.6 23.1 160 2 301.4 304.4 296.4 349.0 16.17 2 950 557 23.8 19.7 78 4.1 20.9 178 3 301.4 304.2 295.9 346.7 15.41 3 900 1028 19.4 18.7 96 0.7 18.9 181 4 301.5 304.3 295.8 346.3 15.24 4 850 1518 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 212 11 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.9 13.71 5 800 2032 12.3 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 236 20 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.7 10.89 6 750 2570 8.7 5.4 79 3.4 6.8 253 17 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.8 7.50 7 700 3138 5.7 -0.6 64 6.4 2.5 250 11 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.0 5.23 8 650 3742 2.5 -3.4 65 5.9 -0.4 261 13 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.2 4.59 9 600 4384 -0.9 -11.5 44 10.6 -5.2 264 13 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.7 2.65 10 550 5073 -5.5 -14.3 50 8.8 -8.8 250 11 317.5 318.0 290.3 325.1 2.29 11 500 5813 -10.2 -22.8 35 12.6 -13.8 268 15 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.8 1.22 12 450 6617 -14.3 -39.3 10 25.0 -18.6 270 12 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.28 13 400 7501 -19.9 -48.6 6 28.8 -23.4 299 5 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8473 -28.8 -46.4 17 17.6 -30.6 282 11 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 15 300 9558 -37.4 -65.3 4 27.9 -38.6 290 10 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 16 250 10786 -48.5 -54.0 53 5.5 -48.7 303 23 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12213 -59.4 -66.6 39 7.2 -59.5 312 22 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 18 150 13993 -63.7 -77.1 15 13.4 -63.8 287 30 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16498 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 238 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.75 m Freezing level: 612.86 mb = 4218.98 m = 13841.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.80 mb = 3656.84 m = 11997.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.97 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.19 mb = 987.07 m = 3238.39 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 24.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.21 mb = 1111.80 m = 3647.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.07 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 26.36 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2473.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.10 mb = 1064.84 m = 3493.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.10 mb = 1209.81 m = 3969.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.10 mb = 13178.69 m = 43236.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2439.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.5 neg: -6.8 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 142.25 Bulk Shear: 17.39 m/s