MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 45.27,-72.15 Latitude: 45.27 Longitude: -72.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 982 277 25.7 20.5 73 5.2 22.0 253 8 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.3 15.63 2 950 566 22.0 18.0 78 4.0 19.2 251 12 299.5 302.0 294.3 339.8 13.80 3 900 1033 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.8 250 13 299.3 301.8 293.8 338.0 13.24 4 850 1519 14.3 12.0 86 2.3 12.8 251 23 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.8 10.40 5 800 2029 11.4 9.1 86 2.3 10.0 255 27 303.3 305.0 291.9 330.5 9.12 6 750 2566 8.2 6.2 88 1.9 7.1 256 31 305.5 306.9 291.6 329.5 7.98 7 700 3134 5.1 3.3 88 1.8 4.1 242 26 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.3 6.94 8 650 3736 2.0 -1.5 78 3.5 0.3 238 31 311.2 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.29 9 600 4377 -2.4 -25.9 15 23.5 -8.9 245 36 313.3 313.5 287.4 316.0 0.77 10 550 5062 -5.7 -30.1 13 24.4 -11.6 247 44 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.3 0.57 11 500 5803 -9.4 -50.5 2 41.1 -15.4 243 47 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.8 0.07 12 450 6608 -15.2 -50.4 3 35.3 -19.7 239 45 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.08 13 400 7485 -21.5 -40.5 16 19.0 -24.3 235 42 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.28 14 350 8455 -28.3 -50.4 10 22.1 -30.3 229 35 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9543 -35.9 -44.9 39 9.0 -36.7 233 31 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.7 0.23 16 250 10784 -45.4 -54.8 34 9.4 -45.9 236 33 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.09 17 200 12232 -57.7 -65.6 36 7.8 -57.9 251 33 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 14008 -64.2 -77.0 16 12.8 -64.3 222 41 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16520 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 252 22 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.60 m Freezing level: 627.11 mb = 4029.25 m = 13219.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.61 mb = 3752.70 m = 12311.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.76 mb = 939.48 m = 3082.24 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 30.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.73 mb = 1082.61 m = 3551.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 893.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.49 mb = 1094.37 m = 3590.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.49 mb = 1142.12 m = 3747.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.49 mb = 11090.14 m = 36384.54 ft B at Equ Level: 891.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.49 mb = 14502.29 m = 47579.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: -28.0 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 16.89 Bulk Shear: 52.87 m/s