MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 41.62,-72.76 Latitude: 41.62 Longitude: -72.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 96 32.0 21.8 55 10.2 24.5 194 5 304.9 308.0 297.6 354.5 16.60 1 1000 122 30.4 21.0 58 9.3 23.6 194 4 303.5 306.4 296.8 350.7 15.89 2 950 578 25.7 19.7 70 5.9 21.5 202 5 303.2 306.1 296.4 349.0 15.42 3 900 1052 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 222 4 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.5 14.14 4 850 1545 17.4 13.3 77 4.1 14.7 302 3 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.2 11.36 5 800 2059 13.0 10.9 87 2.2 11.6 292 6 305.0 306.9 293.3 335.8 10.26 6 750 2598 8.8 5.4 79 3.4 6.8 280 9 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.8 7.50 7 700 3166 5.4 -3.5 53 8.9 1.1 296 16 308.5 309.3 289.2 321.6 4.22 8 650 3771 4.7 -27.3 8 32.0 -4.7 283 16 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.5 0.63 9 600 4416 0.1 -30.8 8 30.9 -7.9 271 16 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.0 0.49 10 550 5106 -4.4 -31.1 10 26.7 -10.9 263 17 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.7 0.52 11 500 5849 -9.3 -38.2 8 28.9 -14.9 255 15 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.28 12 450 6654 -15.1 -45.0 6 29.9 -19.5 248 14 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.15 13 400 7533 -21.4 -44.7 10 23.3 -24.4 237 15 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.18 14 350 8501 -28.6 -35.2 53 6.7 -29.6 240 14 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9589 -36.7 -40.0 71 3.3 -37.0 253 33 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.39 16 250 10825 -45.3 -58.8 21 13.5 -45.8 258 33 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12278 -56.7 -60.6 62 3.8 -56.8 261 29 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14062 -62.6 -78.2 11 15.6 -62.7 266 25 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16545 -64.3 -88.6 2 24.4 -64.4 275 17 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.66 m Freezing level: 598.41 mb = 4438.13 m = 14560.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.64 mb = 3275.44 m = 10746.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.86 mb = 1385.27 m = 4544.79 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 37.98 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.32 mb = 1470.71 m = 4825.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.37 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.85 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2345.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.80 mb = 1365.95 m = 4481.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.80 mb = 1616.87 m = 5304.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.80 mb = 12835.39 m = 42110.34 ft B at Equ Level: 2341.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.2 neg: -6.2 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 149.34 Bulk Shear: 15.71 m/s