MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 43.11,-71.41 Latitude: 43.11 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 SFC 994 134 27.8 21.9 70 5.9 23.5 96 5 301.5 304.6 296.9 351.2 16.88 2 950 531 23.6 19.6 78 4.0 20.8 94 3 301.1 303.9 295.7 346.0 15.26 3 900 1001 19.5 17.7 89 1.8 18.2 334 1 301.6 304.3 295.2 343.7 14.29 4 850 1491 15.8 15.2 96 0.6 15.4 278 4 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.7 12.85 5 800 2004 12.2 11.1 93 1.1 11.5 268 10 304.1 306.1 293.1 335.3 10.43 6 750 2542 8.7 6.2 84 2.5 7.2 266 19 306.1 307.5 291.7 330.1 7.95 7 700 3111 6.7 -0.7 59 7.4 2.8 266 19 309.9 310.8 290.6 326.0 5.19 8 650 3715 2.8 -6.0 52 8.7 -1.3 254 18 312.1 312.8 290.0 324.1 3.77 9 600 4358 -1.7 -9.5 55 7.8 -5.0 252 20 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.2 3.09 10 550 5044 -6.4 -16.9 43 10.5 -10.0 249 27 316.5 316.8 289.6 322.6 1.85 11 500 5780 -11.9 -19.3 55 7.3 -14.2 242 28 318.5 318.8 290.0 324.1 1.67 12 450 6580 -16.3 -20.3 71 4.0 -17.4 246 23 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.70 13 400 7456 -22.2 -35.8 28 13.6 -24.4 253 20 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45 14 350 8422 -29.4 -43.3 25 13.9 -30.9 251 27 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.24 15 300 9504 -38.0 -42.1 65 4.1 -38.4 247 34 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.31 16 250 10731 -48.7 -52.8 62 4.1 -48.9 257 45 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 12161 -57.2 -72.0 14 14.8 -57.4 248 45 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.01 18 150 13954 -61.1 -77.3 10 16.2 -61.2 258 38 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16481 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 247 24 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.94 m Freezing level: 618.77 mb = 4116.51 m = 13505.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.47 mb = 3523.39 m = 11559.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.71 mb = 878.96 m = 2883.68 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 27.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1132.17 m = 3714.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -7.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 27.10 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2494.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.65 mb = 1061.68 m = 3483.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.65 mb = 1206.80 m = 3959.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.65 mb = 12525.34 m = 41093.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2488.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.65 mb = 15964.29 m = 52375.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 49.87 Bulk Shear: 50.02 m/s