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: 42.90,-71.41 Latitude: 42.90 Longitude: -71.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 94 28.8 20.8 62 8.0 23.1 118 1 301.8 304.7 296.2 347.9 15.64 1 1000 107 27.5 20.0 64 7.5 22.2 130 1 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.3 14.88 2 950 558 22.6 18.8 79 3.9 19.9 199 1 300.2 302.8 294.9 342.6 14.48 3 900 1026 18.2 17.5 95 0.7 17.7 239 4 300.3 302.8 294.7 341.5 14.07 4 850 1515 15.3 13.9 91 1.4 14.4 234 19 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.2 11.84 5 800 2027 12.2 9.8 85 2.4 10.7 239 24 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.6 9.52 6 750 2565 9.0 4.3 72 4.7 6.4 249 19 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.6 6.98 7 700 3134 6.0 0.8 69 5.2 3.2 251 16 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.1 5.81 8 650 3737 2.4 -4.8 59 7.3 -1.0 266 17 311.7 312.5 290.2 324.6 4.10 9 600 4380 -0.5 -14.4 34 13.9 -5.8 263 12 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.4 2.09 10 550 5069 -5.3 -16.4 41 11.1 -9.2 250 9 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.2 1.92 11 500 5809 -10.3 -26.7 25 16.5 -14.5 266 12 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.6 0.86 12 450 6613 -14.0 -44.9 5 30.8 -18.7 264 11 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.16 13 400 7498 -19.9 -52.3 4 32.5 -23.5 271 5 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 14 350 8470 -28.7 -46.9 16 18.2 -30.5 275 9 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.16 15 300 9554 -37.7 -54.0 17 16.3 -38.6 269 11 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.08 16 250 10782 -48.5 -53.6 55 5.1 -48.7 295 23 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 17 200 12208 -59.7 -66.8 39 7.0 -59.8 311 22 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 18 150 13985 -63.5 -76.9 15 13.4 -63.7 282 29 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16494 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 234 14 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.67 m Freezing level: 608.57 mb = 4269.78 m = 14008.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.10 mb = 3587.09 m = 11768.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.03 mb = 1102.09 m = 3615.74 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 25.50 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1093.13 m = 3586.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1602.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.06 mb = 1063.64 m = 3489.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.06 mb = 1207.91 m = 3962.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.06 mb = 12822.69 m = 42068.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1571.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.06 mb = 15311.71 m = 50234.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 73.62 Bulk Shear: 21.77 m/s