MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.49,-72.31 Latitude: 42.49 Longitude: -72.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 985 228 28.5 20.8 63 7.8 22.9 218 3 303.0 305.9 296.6 350.0 15.86 2 950 544 24.9 19.0 70 5.8 20.8 220 4 302.4 305.1 295.7 345.9 14.73 3 900 1016 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.7 218 5 302.3 305.0 295.6 345.4 14.57 4 850 1507 16.0 15.2 95 0.7 15.5 221 8 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.2 12.92 5 800 2020 12.4 10.2 87 2.1 11.0 249 15 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.8 9.85 6 750 2558 8.9 3.9 71 5.0 6.1 245 11 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.9 6.78 7 700 3128 6.5 -0.1 62 6.6 3.0 236 11 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.5 5.42 8 650 3732 3.4 -11.6 32 15.0 -2.7 234 13 312.8 313.3 288.9 320.6 2.41 9 600 4376 -0.7 -8.4 56 7.7 -4.1 244 15 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.2 3.37 10 550 5065 -5.4 -14.0 51 8.5 -8.7 245 15 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.36 11 500 5806 -9.9 -22.5 35 12.6 -13.6 252 17 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.3 1.26 12 450 6612 -13.5 -46.3 4 32.8 -18.4 247 14 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.13 13 400 7498 -19.5 -49.5 5 30.0 -23.1 225 13 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 14 350 8472 -27.6 -49.9 10 22.3 -29.7 250 21 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.11 15 300 9559 -36.9 -50.0 25 13.1 -37.8 282 23 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 16 250 10792 -48.0 -53.7 52 5.6 -48.3 283 30 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12221 -59.4 -66.8 38 7.4 -59.5 275 30 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 18 150 13992 -64.3 -76.1 18 11.8 -64.4 272 30 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16504 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 245 19 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.37 m Freezing level: 608.75 mb = 4263.36 m = 13987.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.81 mb = 3438.65 m = 11281.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.05 mb = 1208.52 m = 3964.90 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 29.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1304.09 m = 4278.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.06 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2121.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.81 mb = 1279.48 m = 4197.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.81 mb = 1328.83 m = 4359.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.81 mb = 12944.77 m = 42469.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2113.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.81 mb = 16038.15 m = 52617.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -7.2 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 229.62 Bulk Shear: 9.24 m/s