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: 41.902,-87.68 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 988 184 27.4 17.7 56 9.7 20.8 187 17 301.6 304.0 294.3 340.0 13.04 2 950 531 24.8 17.3 63 7.5 19.6 194 29 302.4 304.8 294.6 341.2 13.16 3 900 1002 20.1 16.4 79 3.7 17.6 196 31 302.2 304.7 294.6 341.0 13.14 4 850 1492 16.6 11.4 71 5.2 13.3 210 40 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.4 10.01 5 800 2007 13.6 9.2 75 4.4 10.9 218 40 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.2 9.15 6 750 2548 10.6 2.7 58 7.9 6.2 225 39 308.1 309.3 290.9 327.2 6.21 7 700 3120 8.2 -7.8 31 16.0 0.9 223 40 311.5 312.1 289.1 321.2 3.02 8 650 3727 5.0 -22.9 11 27.9 -4.0 222 43 314.6 314.8 288.0 317.8 0.93 9 600 4374 1.5 -30.7 7 32.2 -7.1 222 46 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.49 10 550 5069 -2.3 -35.1 6 32.8 -9.9 228 42 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.35 11 500 5818 -7.2 -43.1 4 35.9 -13.7 229 42 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.17 12 450 6629 -13.4 -47.6 4 34.2 -18.4 227 41 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.12 13 400 7514 -19.0 -39.9 14 21.0 -22.4 227 36 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 14 350 8495 -25.6 -47.9 10 22.4 -28.0 227 35 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 15 300 9595 -33.7 -38.0 66 4.2 -34.3 243 31 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.48 16 250 10846 -43.9 -47.5 67 3.6 -44.2 252 29 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12298 -57.5 -61.2 63 3.7 -57.6 260 41 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14071 -64.1 -80.7 9 16.6 -64.2 230 31 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16531 -63.1 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.3 254 23 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.36 m Freezing level: 580.21 mb = 4649.33 m = 15253.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.63 mb = 3230.15 m = 10597.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.25 mb = 1409.64 m = 4624.74 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1785.90 m = 5859.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 19.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1474.62 m = 4837.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.77 mb = 3893.11 m = 12772.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.77 mb = 9904.47 m = 32494.58 ft B at Equ Level: 197.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.77 mb = 13058.63 m = 42842.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.50 Bulk Shear: 56.42 m/s