MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.09,-72.65 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -72.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 998 105 27.7 22.2 72 5.5 23.7 163 5 301.0 304.1 296.9 351.4 17.12 2 950 540 22.4 20.5 89 1.8 21.1 166 6 299.9 302.8 296.0 347.3 16.22 3 900 1008 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 171 11 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.2 14.65 4 850 1496 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.1 174 13 301.3 303.3 292.5 332.9 10.70 5 800 2005 10.9 5.5 69 5.5 7.8 179 13 302.8 304.1 290.0 324.0 7.09 6 750 2542 9.6 -11.4 21 21.0 1.0 193 14 307.0 307.4 286.6 313.8 2.12 7 700 3110 5.6 -0.3 65 6.0 2.5 224 18 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.2 5.33 8 650 3712 1.7 -4.4 64 6.1 -1.2 226 27 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.3 4.25 9 600 4352 -3.0 -8.7 65 5.7 -5.4 221 29 312.6 313.3 289.7 323.2 3.30 10 550 5035 -6.6 -9.3 81 2.7 -7.7 234 21 316.3 316.9 291.0 327.4 3.43 11 500 5775 -10.4 -11.9 89 1.5 -11.0 252 14 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.07 12 450 6580 -15.0 -16.9 85 1.9 -15.6 241 18 324.4 324.8 292.3 332.1 2.26 13 400 7461 -20.6 -22.8 82 2.2 -21.2 240 27 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.6 1.53 14 350 8435 -27.2 -31.8 65 4.6 -28.0 239 36 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.9 0.76 15 300 9525 -36.7 -47.2 33 10.6 -37.5 239 35 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 16 250 10756 -48.4 -54.5 49 6.1 -48.6 242 42 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12188 -57.9 -67.6 28 9.8 -58.0 251 42 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 18 150 13980 -60.9 -78.4 8 17.6 -61.0 258 36 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16503 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.3 273 24 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.46 m Freezing level: 631.85 mb = 3944.37 m = 12940.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.14 mb = 3513.04 m = 11525.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.90 mb = 799.79 m = 2623.96 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 37.59 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.95 mb = 827.59 m = 2715.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2488.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.67 mb = 839.63 m = 2754.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.67 mb = 886.95 m = 2909.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.67 mb = 12752.27 m = 41837.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2471.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 95.32 Bulk Shear: 26.10 m/s