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: 41.64,-72.76 Latitude: 41.64 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 32.1 21.5 54 10.6 24.4 194 5 305.0 308.1 297.5 353.9 16.34 1 1000 122 30.5 20.9 57 9.6 23.5 194 4 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.3 15.70 2 950 578 25.8 19.6 69 6.2 21.3 202 5 303.4 306.2 296.3 348.6 15.25 3 900 1052 21.4 17.6 79 3.8 18.7 220 4 303.5 306.2 295.7 345.6 14.18 4 850 1545 17.3 13.4 77 4.0 14.7 300 3 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.4 11.41 5 800 2059 13.0 10.8 86 2.3 11.6 292 6 305.0 306.9 293.2 335.6 10.20 6 750 2598 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 279 9 306.1 307.5 291.4 329.0 7.56 7 700 3166 5.3 -2.8 56 8.1 1.3 296 16 308.3 309.2 289.4 322.1 4.43 8 650 3771 4.7 -26.8 8 31.5 -4.6 284 16 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.6 0.66 9 600 4416 0.1 -30.5 8 30.7 -7.8 271 16 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.1 0.50 10 550 5106 -4.4 -31.1 10 26.7 -10.9 263 17 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.52 11 500 5849 -9.3 -38.1 8 28.8 -14.9 255 15 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.28 12 450 6654 -15.1 -45.2 6 30.1 -19.5 248 14 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.15 13 400 7533 -21.4 -44.8 10 23.5 -24.4 238 15 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.18 14 350 8501 -28.6 -35.3 52 6.7 -29.6 240 15 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9589 -36.7 -40.1 71 3.4 -37.1 253 33 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10825 -45.3 -58.8 20 13.5 -45.8 258 33 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12277 -56.7 -60.6 62 3.8 -56.8 261 30 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14062 -62.6 -78.3 10 15.7 -62.7 265 25 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16545 -64.2 -88.9 2 24.6 -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: 5726.87 m Freezing level: 598.53 mb = 4436.39 m = 14554.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.94 mb = 3295.55 m = 10812.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.89 mb = 1434.89 m = 4707.58 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 37.31 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.37 mb = 1490.34 m = 4889.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -5.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.89 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2298.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1395.69 m = 4578.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.81 mb = 1546.55 m = 5073.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.81 mb = 12937.52 m = 42445.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2280.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -5.9 tot: 6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 149.44 Bulk Shear: 15.38 m/s