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: 42.49,-71.63 Latitude: 42.49 Longitude: -71.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 129 28.1 21.3 67 6.7 23.2 144 2 301.5 304.4 296.5 349.2 16.22 2 950 557 23.7 19.8 79 4.0 20.9 168 3 301.3 304.1 295.9 346.7 15.44 3 900 1027 19.3 18.7 96 0.6 18.9 178 3 301.4 304.1 295.8 346.1 15.22 4 850 1518 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 215 11 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.3 13.58 5 800 2031 12.3 11.5 95 0.7 11.8 238 20 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.3 10.75 6 750 2570 8.8 5.2 78 3.6 6.8 253 17 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.43 7 700 3138 5.8 -0.6 63 6.4 2.5 249 11 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.1 5.24 8 650 3741 2.5 -3.2 66 5.7 -0.3 262 14 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.4 4.66 9 600 4384 -0.8 -11.8 43 11.0 -5.3 264 13 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.6 2.57 10 550 5073 -5.5 -14.2 51 8.6 -8.7 249 11 317.5 318.0 290.3 325.2 2.32 11 500 5813 -10.3 -23.2 34 13.0 -13.9 267 15 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.6 1.18 12 450 6617 -14.2 -40.1 9 25.9 -18.7 270 12 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.26 13 400 7501 -19.9 -49.5 5 29.7 -23.4 299 5 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10 14 350 8473 -28.8 -46.7 16 17.9 -30.6 282 11 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 15 300 9558 -37.5 -64.9 4 27.4 -38.6 291 10 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 16 250 10786 -48.4 -54.0 52 5.6 -48.7 303 23 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12213 -59.4 -66.7 38 7.3 -59.5 313 22 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 18 150 13992 -63.7 -77.0 15 13.3 -63.8 286 30 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16498 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 238 12 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.46 m Freezing level: 612.30 mb = 4226.01 m = 13864.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.96 mb = 3679.49 m = 12071.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.37 mb = 985.25 m = 3232.42 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 24.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1077.86 m = 3536.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.01 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 26.26 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2484.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.60 mb = 1050.31 m = 3445.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.60 mb = 1194.98 m = 3920.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.60 mb = 13124.04 m = 43057.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2458.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: -7.4 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 131.10 Bulk Shear: 18.96 m/s