MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 40.48,-90.68 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -90.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 986 207 28.6 21.4 65 7.2 23.4 211 17 303.0 306.0 297.0 351.9 16.51 2 950 532 24.3 19.1 73 5.2 20.6 212 23 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.81 3 900 1003 19.7 17.9 90 1.8 18.5 212 24 301.8 304.5 295.4 344.6 14.50 4 850 1493 15.5 14.9 96 0.6 15.1 221 29 302.4 304.7 294.3 339.8 12.63 5 800 2006 13.3 11.8 90 1.5 12.3 225 34 305.3 307.4 293.9 338.1 10.92 6 750 2547 10.1 8.5 89 1.7 9.1 225 38 307.6 309.3 293.3 335.8 9.31 7 700 3119 6.9 5.3 89 1.6 5.9 222 41 310.1 311.6 293.0 334.7 7.99 8 650 3725 3.4 1.7 88 1.7 2.5 219 43 312.8 314.1 292.7 333.6 6.66 9 600 4371 -0.2 -3.0 81 2.8 -1.6 219 45 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.1 5.11 10 550 5063 -3.8 -5.9 85 2.2 -4.8 220 47 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.1 4.47 11 500 5811 -7.4 -10.7 77 3.3 -8.8 224 50 324.1 324.7 293.2 335.4 3.39 12 450 6622 -13.3 -22.1 47 8.8 -15.9 222 46 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.6 1.44 13 400 7509 -18.5 -29.7 36 11.3 -21.0 220 35 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.81 14 350 8492 -24.8 -47.9 10 23.1 -27.5 215 39 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 15 300 9594 -33.5 -40.5 49 7.0 -34.3 224 38 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.37 16 250 10846 -44.1 -53.3 35 9.2 -44.6 235 39 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.11 17 200 12298 -56.6 -62.0 51 5.4 -56.7 239 49 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14074 -66.4 -73.4 37 6.9 -66.5 237 33 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16538 -64.0 -82.8 6 18.8 -64.2 255 23 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.77 m Freezing level: 602.96 mb = 4332.29 m = 14213.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.76 mb = 4109.26 m = 13481.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.29 mb = 1115.10 m = 3658.43 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1196.59 m = 3925.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1193.54 m = 3915.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.20 mb = 1242.38 m = 4076.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.20 mb = 12772.79 m = 41904.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.20 mb = 15678.12 m = 51436.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 96.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 28.13 Bulk Shear: 44.02 m/s