MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.01,-72.65 Latitude: 42.01 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 91 SFC 999 98 26.4 21.7 75 4.7 23.0 168 5 299.6 302.7 296.2 348.1 16.57 2 950 542 21.8 20.0 89 1.9 20.5 174 10 299.4 302.2 295.5 345.0 15.65 3 900 1009 18.1 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 189 11 300.1 302.7 294.7 341.6 14.16 4 850 1497 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 210 14 301.4 303.5 292.9 334.2 11.12 5 800 2007 11.2 7.9 80 3.3 9.2 214 17 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.1 8.37 6 750 2543 7.7 4.9 82 2.8 6.1 213 18 304.9 306.3 290.8 326.8 7.25 7 700 3110 5.5 -10.6 30 16.1 -1.2 216 20 308.6 309.1 287.5 316.4 2.43 8 650 3711 1.8 -10.6 39 12.4 -3.3 220 25 311.0 311.5 288.6 319.4 2.63 9 600 4350 -2.8 -18.8 28 16.0 -8.1 216 27 312.9 313.2 288.0 317.7 1.44 10 550 5033 -7.6 -17.8 44 10.2 -10.9 213 24 315.1 315.4 289.0 320.8 1.71 11 500 5768 -11.7 -13.7 85 2.1 -12.4 215 18 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.5 2.65 12 450 6569 -16.4 -21.3 66 4.9 -17.8 217 17 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.0 1.55 13 400 7445 -21.8 -24.5 78 2.7 -22.5 223 23 326.7 326.9 292.0 331.3 1.31 14 350 8416 -27.8 -30.6 77 2.7 -28.3 243 28 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.86 15 300 9505 -36.5 -39.8 71 3.3 -36.9 261 33 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10739 -47.7 -51.4 65 3.7 -47.9 271 37 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 17 200 12170 -58.2 -64.1 47 5.9 -58.3 273 40 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 18 150 13961 -60.5 -75.7 12 15.2 -60.6 259 42 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16498 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 263 23 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.87 m Freezing level: 630.34 mb = 3962.57 m = 13000.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.93 mb = 3017.21 m = 9898.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.15 mb = 696.48 m = 2285.02 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 31.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 867.81 m = 2847.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.63 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2203.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.81 mb = 830.44 m = 2724.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.81 mb = 972.82 m = 3191.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.81 mb = 12695.72 m = 41652.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2173.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.81 mb = 15688.74 m = 51471.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 91.02 Bulk Shear: 24.21 m/s