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: 42.84,-71.38 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -71.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 79 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 21.0 72 4 295.6 298.3 294.0 338.8 15.02 1 1000 104 21.9 19.8 88 2.0 20.5 72 3 295.0 297.7 293.6 337.2 14.73 2 950 547 17.9 17.5 97 0.4 17.7 61 7 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.9 13.40 3 900 1010 16.5 15.7 95 0.8 16.0 216 10 298.5 300.8 293.1 335.1 12.57 4 850 1496 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 192 16 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.9 10.91 5 800 2007 11.4 8.2 81 3.2 9.5 189 18 303.3 304.9 291.4 328.8 8.57 6 750 2543 7.7 3.5 75 4.2 5.4 178 18 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.8 6.56 7 700 3109 4.8 -3.6 55 8.4 0.8 202 19 307.8 308.5 289.0 320.8 4.19 8 650 3709 0.5 -3.1 77 3.5 -1.2 232 31 309.5 310.4 290.0 324.2 4.70 9 600 4346 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.6 242 37 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.1 4.22 10 550 5030 -6.3 -7.2 93 0.9 -6.7 259 30 316.6 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.04 11 500 5771 -10.3 -11.2 93 0.9 -10.6 274 21 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.2 3.26 12 450 6575 -15.0 -17.2 83 2.2 -15.7 263 19 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.21 13 400 7456 -20.9 -23.3 80 2.5 -21.5 236 22 327.9 328.2 292.5 333.0 1.46 14 350 8428 -27.8 -30.7 76 2.9 -28.3 236 31 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.85 15 300 9516 -37.2 -42.6 57 5.4 -37.7 240 35 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.30 16 250 10745 -48.8 -53.4 58 4.7 -49.0 236 37 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.11 17 200 12173 -58.0 -66.0 35 8.0 -58.2 248 41 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13965 -60.8 -77.7 9 16.9 -61.0 249 33 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16494 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 273 17 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.61 m Freezing level: 644.21 mb = 3782.76 m = 12410.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.39 mb = 3339.03 m = 10954.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.68 mb = 396.86 m = 1302.02 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 14.28 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 682.06 m = 2237.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.39 C = 74.10 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.46 mb = 642.77 m = 2108.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.46 mb = 2065.05 m = 6775.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.46 mb = 8336.12 m = 27349.14 ft B at Equ Level: 340.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.46 mb = 13023.80 m = 42728.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -17.4 tot: 116.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 94.21 m/s