MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.16,-72 Latitude: 42.16 Longitude: -72.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 988 223 21.6 16.4 73 5.1 18.2 220 9 295.7 297.9 291.7 330.2 11.99 2 950 565 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 16.0 222 17 294.9 296.9 291.1 327.9 11.51 3 900 1025 15.4 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 240 27 297.4 299.6 292.5 332.8 12.23 4 850 1509 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 246 26 300.7 302.7 292.5 333.0 10.98 5 800 2020 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 245 27 303.7 305.4 291.7 330.2 8.86 6 750 2558 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 242 30 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.1 7.59 7 700 3126 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.1 241 33 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.2 6.73 8 650 3729 2.2 -0.7 81 2.8 0.7 246 35 311.4 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.62 9 600 4370 -1.5 -4.5 80 2.9 -2.9 247 34 314.3 315.2 291.4 328.9 4.58 10 550 5059 -5.4 -9.8 71 4.4 -7.3 244 35 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.4 3.30 11 500 5801 -9.3 -22.4 33 13.2 -13.2 241 39 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.26 12 450 6607 -14.7 -30.4 25 15.7 -18.2 237 38 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.68 13 400 7487 -21.0 -32.9 34 11.9 -23.2 237 34 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.9 0.60 14 350 8459 -28.2 -37.5 41 9.3 -29.5 234 32 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.4 0.44 15 300 9546 -36.6 -46.2 37 9.5 -37.4 231 34 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.6 0.20 16 250 10780 -47.2 -53.0 51 5.8 -47.4 232 32 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.11 17 200 12216 -57.1 -63.4 45 6.3 -57.2 231 38 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 14031 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 237 52 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16536 -64.3 -84.9 4 20.5 -64.5 249 24 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.90 m Freezing level: 620.76 mb = 4103.89 m = 13464.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.13 mb = 3851.30 m = 12635.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.65 mb = 868.81 m = 2850.40 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1462.69 m = 4798.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.19 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5976.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.25 mb = 928.51 m = 3046.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 103.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 41.51 m/s