MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.52,-71.51 Latitude: 42.52 Longitude: -71.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 83 29.5 20.5 58 9.0 23.0 206 3 302.6 305.5 296.2 347.9 15.31 1 1000 86 29.2 19.3 55 9.9 22.2 212 3 302.4 305.0 295.4 344.4 14.22 2 950 540 24.8 17.7 65 7.1 19.9 211 5 302.3 304.8 294.9 342.4 13.55 3 900 1012 20.2 16.8 81 3.4 17.8 210 5 302.3 304.8 294.8 342.1 13.46 4 850 1502 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 206 5 302.4 304.8 294.5 340.7 12.94 5 800 2014 12.1 11.5 96 0.6 11.7 239 9 304.0 306.0 293.3 335.9 10.71 6 750 2553 8.8 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 267 12 306.2 307.8 292.4 332.8 8.81 7 700 3122 5.8 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 279 10 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.3 7.30 8 650 3726 2.7 0.2 83 2.5 1.4 291 12 312.0 313.2 291.9 330.7 5.98 9 600 4370 -0.7 -5.7 69 4.9 -3.0 285 16 315.3 316.1 291.3 328.7 4.18 10 550 5058 -6.5 -11.0 71 4.4 -8.3 272 17 316.4 316.9 290.6 326.2 3.01 11 500 5795 -11.4 -25.5 30 14.0 -15.1 240 15 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.4 0.96 12 450 6594 -17.0 -23.4 58 6.3 -18.7 240 21 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.3 1.29 13 400 7468 -22.0 -26.3 68 4.3 -23.0 253 20 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.3 1.11 14 350 8437 -28.9 -45.5 19 16.6 -30.6 267 23 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.19 15 300 9521 -37.5 -52.5 19 15.0 -38.4 273 32 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 16 250 10749 -48.5 -54.4 50 5.9 -48.7 270 42 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12183 -57.3 -71.3 15 14.1 -57.4 250 40 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.01 18 150 13970 -62.1 -77.9 10 15.7 -62.3 263 32 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16487 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 249 18 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.75 m Freezing level: 610.42 mb = 4235.58 m = 13896.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.44 mb = 3920.70 m = 12863.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.46 mb = 1229.12 m = 4032.50 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 25.49 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.62 mb = 1425.41 m = 4676.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.71 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1750.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.13 mb = 1410.27 m = 4626.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.13 mb = 1460.35 m = 4791.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.13 mb = 12368.36 m = 40578.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1734.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.13 mb = 15666.52 m = 51398.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.4 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 292.4 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 156.28 Bulk Shear: 11.20 m/s