MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.24,-71.77 Latitude: 42.24 Longitude: -71.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 989 178 26.7 22.1 76 4.5 23.4 118 8 300.7 303.9 296.9 351.3 17.21 2 950 534 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 126 12 300.4 303.4 296.3 348.5 16.42 3 900 1004 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.2 157 16 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.4 15.66 4 850 1494 15.6 15.3 98 0.4 15.4 184 21 302.5 304.9 294.5 340.8 12.94 5 800 2006 11.9 8.7 81 3.2 9.9 192 19 303.8 305.5 291.8 330.3 8.84 6 750 2544 9.5 -0.3 50 9.8 4.4 192 17 306.9 307.8 289.4 322.2 4.98 7 700 3114 6.7 -3.0 50 9.7 1.9 200 13 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.6 4.37 8 650 3718 2.6 -3.3 65 5.9 -0.3 243 17 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.4 4.61 9 600 4359 -1.8 -9.3 56 7.5 -5.0 242 25 314.0 314.6 290.0 324.2 3.15 10 550 5046 -6.3 -13.3 57 7.1 -8.9 238 27 316.7 317.1 290.2 324.8 2.48 11 500 5785 -10.5 -13.0 82 2.4 -11.5 248 24 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.6 2.82 12 450 6589 -15.1 -17.4 83 2.2 -15.9 249 20 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.18 13 400 7469 -20.8 -23.5 79 2.6 -21.5 246 24 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.44 14 350 8442 -27.8 -34.0 55 6.2 -28.8 246 33 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.5 0.61 15 300 9530 -37.2 -49.2 28 12.0 -38.0 241 32 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.14 16 250 10759 -48.2 -52.2 63 4.0 -48.3 253 40 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.12 17 200 12188 -58.4 -65.9 37 7.5 -58.5 251 40 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 18 150 13975 -61.6 -77.2 11 15.6 -61.7 264 39 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16498 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 270 25 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.53 m Freezing level: 620.51 mb = 4096.20 m = 13438.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.45 mb = 3624.81 m = 11892.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.68 mb = 750.37 m = 2461.82 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 29.08 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 923.42 m = 3029.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.54 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.79 C K Index: 31.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2737.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.68 mb = 873.07 m = 2864.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.68 mb = 1016.68 m = 3335.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.68 mb = 12888.41 m = 42284.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2727.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: -13.1 tot: 114.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 41.30 Bulk Shear: 66.29 m/s