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: 42.59,-71.43 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -71.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 29.7 21.2 60 8.5 23.5 112 3 302.4 305.3 296.5 349.5 15.92 1 1000 105 28.3 20.4 62 7.9 22.6 122 2 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.2 15.22 2 950 557 23.6 19.4 77 4.2 20.6 148 2 301.1 303.9 295.7 345.6 15.12 3 900 1027 19.0 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 187 3 301.1 303.8 295.6 345.4 15.07 4 850 1517 15.5 15.2 98 0.3 15.3 226 14 302.4 304.8 294.4 340.6 12.92 5 800 2029 12.2 10.3 88 1.9 11.0 243 21 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.7 9.90 6 750 2568 9.0 4.2 72 4.8 6.3 255 18 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.90 7 700 3137 6.2 -0.2 64 6.4 2.8 244 12 309.3 310.3 290.6 326.0 5.39 8 650 3740 2.4 -2.6 69 5.0 -0.1 266 15 311.7 312.6 290.9 326.9 4.86 9 600 4383 -0.7 -12.8 40 12.1 -5.4 265 12 315.3 315.8 289.7 323.1 2.39 10 550 5072 -5.4 -14.4 49 9.0 -8.8 247 10 317.6 318.1 290.3 325.2 2.28 11 500 5812 -10.4 -23.4 34 13.0 -14.0 265 14 320.4 320.6 290.1 324.4 1.16 12 450 6615 -14.1 -44.1 6 30.0 -18.8 269 12 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.17 13 400 7500 -19.9 -51.2 4 31.4 -23.4 302 5 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 14 350 8471 -28.8 -47.5 15 18.7 -30.6 281 9 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 15 300 9557 -37.5 -61.6 6 24.1 -38.6 290 9 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 16 250 10785 -48.5 -53.9 53 5.5 -48.7 304 22 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12211 -59.6 -67.0 37 7.5 -59.6 314 23 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 18 150 13990 -63.5 -77.0 14 13.5 -63.6 283 29 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16497 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 239 13 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.02 m Freezing level: 611.12 mb = 4239.95 m = 13910.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.66 mb = 3719.54 m = 12203.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.24 mb = 1140.03 m = 3740.21 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.47 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1096.40 m = 3597.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2223.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.39 mb = 1090.50 m = 3577.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.39 mb = 1138.57 m = 3735.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.39 mb = 12917.97 m = 42381.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2208.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.39 mb = 15998.73 m = 52488.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -10.9 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 96.35 Bulk Shear: 23.08 m/s