MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.07,-72.52 Latitude: 42.07 Longitude: -72.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 999 103 27.9 22.1 71 5.8 23.7 176 2 301.1 304.2 296.8 351.1 17.00 2 950 550 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 182 3 299.9 302.9 295.9 346.7 15.96 3 900 1018 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 187 8 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.7 14.72 4 850 1507 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.9 194 15 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.5 11.36 5 800 2018 11.6 7.5 76 4.1 9.1 211 13 303.5 305.0 291.1 327.8 8.13 6 750 2555 9.1 3.9 70 5.2 6.2 250 11 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.0 6.75 7 700 3124 6.3 -1.2 59 7.4 2.4 262 17 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.0 5.01 8 650 3727 1.9 -8.0 48 10.0 -2.4 260 18 311.1 311.8 289.2 321.4 3.21 9 600 4367 -2.8 -12.7 46 9.9 -6.6 245 18 312.8 313.3 288.9 320.6 2.39 10 550 5049 -8.1 -13.0 68 4.9 -9.9 229 16 314.5 315.0 289.6 322.8 2.56 11 500 5784 -11.8 -13.2 89 1.4 -12.3 228 16 318.7 319.2 291.1 327.8 2.77 12 450 6585 -16.0 -19.1 77 3.1 -16.9 214 15 323.1 323.5 291.6 329.6 1.88 13 400 7463 -21.2 -25.7 67 4.5 -22.3 237 17 327.4 327.6 292.2 331.6 1.18 14 350 8433 -28.3 -37.0 43 8.7 -29.6 244 23 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.46 15 300 9518 -37.4 -44.4 48 7.0 -38.0 245 29 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 16 250 10748 -48.0 -58.0 31 10.0 -48.3 245 29 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.06 17 200 12182 -57.8 -67.4 28 9.7 -57.9 254 37 341.3 341.3 294.6 341.4 0.02 18 150 13972 -61.5 -79.0 8 17.5 -61.7 256 36 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16490 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 258 23 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.92 m Freezing level: 629.74 mb = 3986.41 m = 13078.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.10 mb = 3419.09 m = 11217.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.12 mb = 836.18 m = 2743.33 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 30.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 880.28 m = 2888.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.50 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2605.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.57 mb = 879.17 m = 2884.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.57 mb = 926.67 m = 3040.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.57 mb = 12852.90 m = 42167.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2577.08 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 135.17 Bulk Shear: 19.27 m/s