MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.88,-71.41 Latitude: 42.88 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 91 16.4 14.5 88 1.9 15.2 220 6 289.2 291.0 288.2 318.3 10.37 1 1000 125 15.8 14.3 91 1.5 14.8 221 6 288.9 290.7 288.0 317.7 10.27 2 950 563 18.3 16.1 87 2.2 16.8 277 15 295.8 298.0 291.9 330.9 12.20 3 900 1025 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 262 9 298.4 300.4 291.5 329.3 10.59 4 850 1511 14.0 10.7 80 3.3 11.9 245 12 300.8 302.6 291.4 328.9 9.54 5 800 2021 11.7 8.1 79 3.6 9.6 248 17 303.6 305.2 291.5 329.1 8.52 6 750 2558 8.5 5.6 82 2.8 6.8 248 22 305.8 307.2 291.4 328.9 7.64 7 700 3125 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 246 24 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.35 8 650 3727 1.8 -0.7 83 2.6 0.5 251 27 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.5 5.59 9 600 4369 -1.6 -3.5 87 1.9 -2.5 253 31 314.3 315.3 291.7 329.9 4.93 10 550 5058 -5.2 -9.1 74 3.9 -6.8 247 32 318.0 318.6 291.5 329.3 3.50 11 500 5801 -9.6 -16.3 58 6.7 -11.9 245 32 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.14 12 450 6606 -14.8 -21.1 59 6.3 -16.6 241 34 324.7 325.0 291.7 330.1 1.58 13 400 7487 -21.2 -25.8 66 4.6 -22.2 240 34 327.5 327.7 292.2 331.7 1.17 14 350 8457 -28.1 -35.2 51 7.1 -29.2 240 34 330.8 331.0 292.5 332.9 0.55 15 300 9545 -36.7 -43.8 48 7.1 -37.4 241 37 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.6 0.26 16 250 10777 -47.7 -50.6 72 2.9 -47.9 228 38 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.7 0.15 17 200 12209 -59.5 -64.9 49 5.4 -59.6 220 34 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 18 150 14000 -60.3 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.5 238 47 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16508 -63.5 -86.4 3 22.9 -63.7 260 28 404.9 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.08 m Freezing level: 622.93 mb = 4074.99 m = 13369.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.42 mb = 3833.96 m = 12578.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.91 mb = 332.99 m = 1092.48 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1801.63 m = 5910.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6578.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.77 mb = 820.84 m = 2693.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: -1.6 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 21.02 m/s