MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.76,-72.43 Latitude: 41.76 Longitude: -72.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 106 SFC 999 115 28.4 21.5 66 6.9 23.4 218 4 301.6 304.6 296.6 349.9 16.38 2 950 557 23.1 19.6 81 3.5 20.6 221 6 300.6 303.4 295.6 345.3 15.24 3 900 1027 18.7 18.3 98 0.3 18.5 224 7 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.5 14.90 4 850 1515 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 205 11 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.6 12.38 5 800 2027 11.5 10.2 91 1.4 10.7 214 11 303.4 305.3 292.4 332.6 9.79 6 750 2564 7.8 4.6 80 3.2 5.9 254 7 305.0 306.3 290.7 326.4 7.09 7 700 3129 4.8 -3.1 56 7.9 1.0 289 11 307.8 308.6 289.1 321.2 4.33 8 650 3730 1.6 -9.8 42 11.4 -3.1 285 7 310.8 311.3 288.6 319.8 2.80 9 600 4369 -2.9 -13.6 43 10.7 -6.9 229 8 312.7 313.2 288.8 320.0 2.23 10 550 5053 -6.4 -21.0 30 14.6 -10.9 256 3 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.8 1.30 11 500 5793 -10.0 -28.2 21 18.2 -14.5 241 4 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.5 0.75 12 450 6597 -14.1 -29.7 25 15.6 -17.7 266 14 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.73 13 400 7482 -19.2 -56.3 2 37.1 -23.1 257 16 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.05 14 350 8459 -27.1 -54.4 6 27.3 -29.4 234 17 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.07 15 300 9547 -37.0 -50.3 24 13.4 -37.9 258 26 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 16 250 10780 -46.9 -57.5 29 10.6 -47.3 246 41 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.06 17 200 12221 -58.6 -62.5 61 3.9 -58.7 228 60 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.1 0.04 18 150 13998 -64.1 -76.4 17 12.4 -64.1 256 37 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16503 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 261 18 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.00 m Freezing level: 632.06 mb = 3959.37 m = 12989.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.33 mb = 3265.64 m = 10713.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.18 mb = 986.40 m = 3236.17 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 30.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.03 mb = 997.44 m = 3272.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: -0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.71 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 31.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2193.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.52 mb = 1011.97 m = 3320.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.52 mb = 1059.75 m = 3476.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.52 mb = 12992.32 m = 42625.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2168.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.52 mb = 16113.20 m = 52864.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1889.76 Bulk Shear: 1.16 m/s