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: 42.22,-78.65 Latitude: 42.22 Longitude: -78.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 951 542 21.6 19.6 88 2.0 20.2 265 1 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.5 15.26 2 950 547 20.7 18.8 89 1.8 19.4 267 1 298.2 300.8 294.4 340.4 14.54 3 900 1012 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 219 2 298.4 300.7 293.3 335.9 12.90 4 850 1497 13.5 11.9 90 1.5 12.5 237 11 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.8 10.38 5 800 2006 10.8 8.5 85 2.4 9.4 239 15 302.7 304.3 291.3 328.6 8.71 6 750 2542 7.9 5.6 86 2.2 6.6 250 20 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.1 7.64 7 700 3108 4.8 1.2 78 3.6 2.9 246 24 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.2 5.99 8 650 3710 2.2 -7.0 51 9.1 -1.9 243 26 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.5 3.49 9 600 4351 -2.4 -7.4 68 5.0 -4.6 241 25 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.0 3.64 10 550 5035 -6.8 -11.1 71 4.3 -8.5 240 26 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.7 2.98 11 500 5774 -10.4 -12.7 83 2.3 -11.3 249 27 320.3 320.9 291.7 329.8 2.88 12 450 6578 -15.7 -20.4 67 4.7 -17.1 251 33 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.2 1.67 13 400 7454 -22.4 -29.3 53 6.9 -23.8 248 37 325.9 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.84 14 350 8420 -29.0 -32.2 74 3.1 -29.6 246 44 329.6 329.8 292.3 332.3 0.74 15 300 9502 -38.3 -41.4 73 3.0 -38.6 248 54 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10727 -47.9 -56.2 38 8.3 -48.2 257 61 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 17 200 12168 -56.8 -71.1 15 14.4 -56.9 281 56 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.01 18 150 13968 -60.5 -78.8 7 18.3 -60.7 253 50 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16492 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 248 24 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.90 m Freezing level: 626.34 mb = 4013.21 m = 13166.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.10 mb = 3462.48 m = 11359.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.44 mb = 790.93 m = 2594.87 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 21.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1140.10 m = 3740.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.44 C = 70.58 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 582.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.80 mb = 1127.94 m = 3700.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.80 mb = 1175.85 m = 3857.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.80 mb = 10915.53 m = 35811.68 ft B at Equ Level: 576.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.80 mb = 13082.48 m = 42920.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.10 Bulk Shear: 48.17 m/s