MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 37.46,-94.75 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 976 285 23.1 22.8 98 0.3 22.9 357 6 298.3 301.6 296.9 351.4 18.24 2 950 521 22.6 21.5 94 1.1 21.8 335 11 300.1 303.2 296.8 350.6 17.24 3 900 991 20.3 18.9 91 1.5 19.3 211 13 302.5 305.3 296.2 348.0 15.42 4 850 1483 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 193 20 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.3 14.04 5 800 1998 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.2 187 32 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.2 11.95 6 750 2540 10.2 9.6 96 0.6 9.8 198 32 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.1 10.06 7 700 3112 7.0 6.7 97 0.4 6.8 218 30 310.3 312.0 293.6 337.3 8.81 8 650 3719 3.7 3.2 97 0.5 3.4 224 27 313.1 314.5 293.4 336.2 7.42 9 600 4365 -0.3 -1.4 93 1.0 -0.9 224 22 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.1 5.79 10 550 5057 -3.3 -4.7 90 1.4 -4.0 224 23 320.2 321.1 293.3 336.1 4.92 11 500 5807 -6.7 -7.7 92 1.0 -7.1 231 22 324.9 325.7 294.1 339.1 4.29 12 450 6623 -11.8 -14.1 83 2.3 -12.6 241 22 328.4 329.0 293.9 338.2 2.86 13 400 7515 -17.8 -27.1 44 9.3 -20.1 245 20 331.9 332.1 293.2 335.7 1.04 14 350 8498 -25.1 -34.6 41 9.5 -26.8 247 21 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.58 15 300 9602 -32.4 -36.3 68 3.9 -33.0 261 25 339.7 339.9 294.8 341.9 0.57 16 250 10862 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.9 264 31 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12324 -55.1 -59.1 61 4.0 -55.2 249 48 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14114 -63.3 -73.1 25 9.8 -63.4 257 54 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16586 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 253 16 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.66 m Freezing level: 604.27 mb = 4309.57 m = 14138.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.18 mb = 4228.89 m = 13874.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.89 mb = 313.38 m = 1028.12 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1079.49 m = 3541.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.35 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 39.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1524.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.19 mb = 883.72 m = 2899.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.19 mb = 1222.02 m = 4009.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.19 mb = 12769.52 m = 41894.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1520.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.19 mb = 16219.60 m = 53213.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 5.7 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.7 neg: -43.1 tot: 111.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 15.27 Bulk Shear: 99.86 m/s