MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.78,-72.00 Latitude: 41.78 Longitude: -72.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 995 146 27.1 22.0 74 5.0 23.5 156 3 300.7 303.8 296.8 350.6 17.00 2 950 555 22.7 20.5 87 2.2 21.2 162 4 300.2 303.2 296.1 347.7 16.19 3 900 1024 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.8 188 6 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.7 15.26 4 850 1513 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 222 9 301.9 304.0 293.5 336.8 11.83 5 800 2024 11.9 8.0 77 3.9 9.5 252 16 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.0 8.43 6 750 2562 9.2 2.4 62 6.8 5.5 255 19 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.1 6.07 7 700 3130 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.8 251 19 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.4 4.68 8 650 3732 1.4 -8.6 47 10.0 -2.9 238 19 310.6 311.1 288.8 320.4 3.08 9 600 4370 -3.3 -12.1 51 8.7 -6.7 230 16 312.2 312.7 288.9 320.4 2.52 10 550 5053 -7.3 -14.6 56 7.3 -9.9 239 11 315.5 315.9 289.6 322.8 2.24 11 500 5790 -11.0 -14.4 76 3.4 -12.2 242 8 319.6 320.1 291.1 327.9 2.50 12 450 6594 -14.5 -21.2 57 6.7 -16.5 261 10 325.0 325.3 291.8 330.4 1.56 13 400 7475 -21.3 -24.7 74 3.4 -22.1 249 15 327.3 327.6 292.2 331.9 1.29 14 350 8447 -27.9 -31.0 75 3.1 -28.5 241 21 331.1 331.3 292.8 334.1 0.82 15 300 9534 -37.0 -46.9 35 10.0 -37.8 249 26 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 16 250 10768 -47.3 -57.6 30 10.3 -47.7 253 28 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.06 17 200 12202 -58.6 -63.3 54 4.7 -58.7 252 35 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 13990 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.0 251 28 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16505 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 249 17 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.41 m Freezing level: 635.16 mb = 3921.46 m = 12865.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.41 mb = 3360.79 m = 11026.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.01 mb = 785.95 m = 2578.55 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 30.21 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 909.70 m = 2984.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.20 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2652.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.89 mb = 881.44 m = 2891.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.89 mb = 928.99 m = 3047.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.89 mb = 12860.78 m = 42193.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2643.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -3.5 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 126.30 Bulk Shear: 21.00 m/s