MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 42.92,-71.41 Latitude: 42.92 Longitude: -71.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 1000 97 27.2 18.9 61 8.3 21.4 93 7 300.3 302.9 294.6 341.0 13.87 2 950 546 21.3 16.7 75 4.6 18.2 96 9 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.7 12.68 3 900 1012 17.3 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 129 8 299.3 301.5 292.8 333.9 11.86 4 850 1499 14.8 13.6 92 1.3 14.0 190 15 301.7 303.8 293.3 335.8 11.57 5 800 2010 11.8 8.2 79 3.5 9.6 204 15 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.4 8.59 6 750 2547 8.1 6.4 89 1.6 7.1 215 17 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.7 8.09 7 700 3113 4.0 -2.2 64 6.3 1.0 211 21 306.9 307.8 289.1 321.3 4.63 8 650 3713 1.2 -4.7 64 6.0 -1.6 236 25 310.4 311.2 289.8 323.4 4.14 9 600 4352 -2.6 -9.5 59 6.9 -5.5 242 33 313.1 313.7 289.7 323.0 3.09 10 550 5036 -6.9 -10.8 74 3.9 -8.5 237 28 315.9 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.05 11 500 5774 -10.9 -16.7 63 5.8 -12.9 242 22 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.7 2.07 12 450 6577 -15.4 -23.2 51 7.8 -17.5 250 24 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.31 13 400 7456 -21.0 -34.3 29 13.3 -23.4 256 29 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.52 14 350 8426 -28.6 -38.8 37 10.1 -30.0 253 32 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.38 15 300 9510 -37.8 -47.0 38 9.2 -38.5 250 32 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 16 250 10736 -49.2 -53.0 64 3.8 -49.3 260 40 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12166 -56.7 -69.9 17 13.3 -56.8 249 42 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 18 150 13960 -60.4 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.6 258 36 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16489 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 257 16 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.88 m Freezing level: 633.90 mb = 3918.65 m = 12856.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.00 mb = 3335.67 m = 10943.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.22 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.31 mb = 1142.38 m = 3747.91 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1430.55 m = 4693.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 686.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.87 mb = 1175.51 m = 3856.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.87 mb = 2032.19 m = 6667.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.87 mb = 11329.92 m = 37171.21 ft B at Equ Level: 677.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.87 mb = 13641.14 m = 44753.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.56 Bulk Shear: 90.75 m/s