MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.01,-72.99 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -72.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 978 287 26.4 21.5 74 4.9 22.9 99 5 301.4 304.5 296.8 350.7 16.72 2 950 544 23.1 19.9 82 3.2 20.9 106 7 300.6 303.5 295.8 346.4 15.60 3 900 1013 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 127 8 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.3 15.13 4 850 1503 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.2 170 16 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.1 12.73 5 800 2015 11.9 9.7 86 2.2 10.5 183 16 303.8 305.6 292.3 332.1 9.47 6 750 2552 8.3 2.3 66 5.9 5.1 197 16 305.5 306.7 289.9 323.9 6.05 7 700 3120 6.4 -9.5 31 15.9 -0.4 218 14 309.6 310.1 288.1 318.1 2.66 8 650 3722 2.5 -13.4 30 15.9 -3.7 226 16 311.8 312.2 288.3 318.6 2.09 9 600 4363 -2.6 -12.4 47 9.7 -6.4 225 22 313.1 313.5 289.0 321.1 2.47 10 550 5046 -7.4 -14.7 56 7.3 -10.0 223 24 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.6 2.22 11 500 5783 -10.6 -13.5 79 2.9 -11.6 225 23 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.1 2.71 12 450 6588 -15.1 -17.4 82 2.3 -15.8 237 25 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.7 2.17 13 400 7468 -21.3 -24.8 73 3.5 -22.1 239 25 327.3 327.6 292.2 331.9 1.28 14 350 8438 -28.3 -35.4 50 7.2 -29.3 242 32 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.7 0.53 15 300 9524 -37.8 -45.6 44 7.7 -38.5 245 35 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 16 250 10750 -48.8 -56.6 40 7.8 -49.1 244 31 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 17 200 12184 -56.8 -70.6 16 13.8 -57.0 252 37 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.01 18 150 13976 -61.0 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.2 263 43 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16506 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 270 27 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.98 m Freezing level: 625.71 mb = 4033.56 m = 13233.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.58 mb = 3077.78 m = 10097.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.00 mb = 907.88 m = 2978.56 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 32.62 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 996.42 m = 3269.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.12 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 25.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2372.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.09 mb = 1002.89 m = 3290.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.09 mb = 1050.69 m = 3447.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.09 mb = 12633.04 m = 41446.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2350.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.09 mb = 16137.83 m = 52944.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 46.13 Bulk Shear: 51.43 m/s