MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 42.65,-73.87 Latitude: 42.65 Longitude: -73.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 992 150 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 43 1 292.3 294.7 291.9 330.5 13.46 2 950 524 18.9 17.5 91 1.4 17.9 161 7 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.9 13.35 3 900 988 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.3 194 10 299.0 301.3 293.4 336.3 12.81 4 850 1474 13.8 12.6 93 1.2 13.0 216 13 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.4 10.84 5 800 1983 10.8 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 222 14 302.6 304.4 291.7 330.2 9.28 6 750 2519 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.8 220 17 305.1 306.6 291.3 328.6 7.78 7 700 3085 4.5 2.6 87 1.9 3.5 220 21 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.7 6.62 8 650 3685 0.5 -0.9 90 1.4 -0.2 222 23 309.5 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.51 9 600 4324 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 226 24 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.29 10 550 5012 -5.9 -6.1 98 0.2 -6.0 232 21 317.1 318.0 292.1 331.3 4.42 11 500 5752 -10.4 -15.4 67 5.0 -12.2 237 24 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.0 2.30 12 450 6556 -15.3 -31.2 24 15.8 -18.7 249 28 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.63 13 400 7435 -21.3 -28.8 51 7.4 -22.9 248 36 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.5 0.89 14 350 8404 -28.3 -31.8 72 3.4 -28.9 235 45 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.3 0.76 15 300 9493 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 261 50 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.40 16 250 10724 -47.9 -51.3 67 3.5 -48.0 270 68 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12159 -57.7 -61.0 66 3.3 -57.8 278 94 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 13945 -62.5 -76.4 14 13.9 -62.6 260 55 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16470 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 258 27 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.07 m Freezing level: 640.80 mb = 3803.05 m = 12477.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.91 mb = 3649.36 m = 11972.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.94 mb = 177.83 m = 583.42 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1099.20 m = 3606.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 291.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.81 mb = 735.73 m = 2413.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.81 mb = 1655.36 m = 5430.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.81 mb = 8571.37 m = 28120.94 ft B at Equ Level: 291.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.81 mb = 12418.04 m = 40741.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 8.09 Bulk Shear: 36.02 m/s