MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.86,-71.18 Latitude: 42.86 Longitude: -71.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 61 24.9 18.6 68 6.3 20.5 317 3 297.6 300.0 293.5 336.7 13.50 1 1000 103 25.0 18.3 66 6.7 20.4 321 6 298.2 300.6 293.6 337.0 13.36 2 950 553 23.5 17.2 67 6.4 19.2 356 10 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.5 13.07 3 900 1024 20.6 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 286 8 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.8 12.18 4 850 1515 16.6 13.8 84 2.8 14.8 255 10 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.5 11.76 5 800 2029 12.7 12.2 97 0.5 12.4 239 11 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.3 11.24 6 750 2568 8.8 7.2 90 1.6 7.8 247 15 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.53 7 700 3135 4.4 0.5 76 3.8 2.4 257 16 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.8 5.69 8 650 3737 2.7 -11.3 35 13.9 -3.0 239 14 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.0 2.49 9 600 4379 -1.6 -21.8 20 20.2 -7.8 239 15 314.3 314.5 288.1 318.1 1.11 10 550 5065 -6.0 -30.0 13 24.0 -11.8 242 15 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.0 0.57 11 500 5804 -10.6 -23.3 34 12.8 -14.2 242 16 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.17 12 450 6605 -17.1 -26.3 45 9.2 -19.3 234 21 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.3 0.99 13 400 7479 -22.0 -24.2 82 2.3 -22.5 252 17 326.5 326.7 292.0 331.2 1.35 14 350 8447 -28.8 -32.2 73 3.3 -29.4 284 23 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.74 15 300 9532 -36.9 -40.3 71 3.4 -37.2 273 35 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.38 16 250 10767 -46.8 -51.0 62 4.2 -47.0 257 33 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12205 -58.1 -64.4 44 6.3 -58.2 246 26 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 13991 -60.5 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.7 256 33 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16518 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 260 12 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.72 m Freezing level: 618.45 mb = 4142.20 m = 13589.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.08 mb = 3393.73 m = 11134.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.44 mb = 866.12 m = 2841.58 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1742.29 m = 5716.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.21 mb = 1313.20 m = 4308.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.21 mb = 2185.12 m = 7168.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.21 mb = 11439.67 m = 37531.28 ft B at Equ Level: 886.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.21 mb = 14193.17 m = 46564.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -14.7 tot: 2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 28.38 Bulk Shear: 31.37 m/s