MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.66,-72.86 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -72.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 998 125 16.7 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 207 2 290.1 292.2 289.8 323.3 11.81 2 950 551 23.2 17.4 70 5.8 19.2 316 10 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.7 13.26 3 900 1021 19.9 15.5 76 4.4 16.9 337 11 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.5 12.37 4 850 1511 15.8 13.8 88 1.9 14.5 352 9 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.6 11.78 5 800 2023 12.5 6.2 66 6.2 8.8 330 3 304.4 305.8 290.8 326.9 7.47 6 750 2562 11.3 -18.4 11 29.6 0.5 253 16 308.8 309.0 286.3 312.8 1.20 7 700 3133 7.3 -10.5 27 17.8 -0.2 258 20 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.5 2.46 8 650 3737 3.0 -13.4 29 16.5 -3.4 259 19 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.2 2.08 9 600 4379 -1.7 -12.0 45 10.3 -5.8 262 20 314.1 314.6 289.5 322.4 2.54 10 550 5065 -6.3 -22.3 27 16.0 -11.1 246 14 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.16 11 500 5803 -10.7 -33.8 13 23.1 -15.6 224 12 320.0 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.44 12 450 6604 -16.4 -39.1 12 22.7 -20.1 210 12 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.29 13 400 7477 -22.8 -29.7 53 6.9 -24.1 217 17 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.3 0.82 14 350 8446 -28.2 -34.3 56 6.1 -29.2 238 15 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.60 15 300 9534 -36.4 -43.9 46 7.5 -37.1 261 15 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.26 16 250 10770 -47.2 -58.8 26 11.5 -47.6 260 26 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12205 -57.9 -67.2 30 9.3 -58.0 267 33 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 18 150 13996 -62.3 -77.5 11 15.3 -62.4 263 36 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16504 -61.6 -81.8 5 20.2 -61.8 257 17 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.68 m Freezing level: 618.07 mb = 4147.29 m = 13606.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.26 mb = 2954.57 m = 9693.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.35 mb = 171.99 m = 564.25 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 26.89 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 997.74 mb = 124.88 m = 409.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.48 C = 63.46 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 22.58 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.40 mb = 1112.67 m = 3650.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.40 mb = 3669.96 m = 12040.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.40 mb = 9180.71 m = 30120.09 ft B at Equ Level: 392.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.40 mb = 13022.18 m = 42723.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: -7.7 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 30.26 Bulk Shear: 12.97 m/s