MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 41.13,-87.18 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -87.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 987 207 19.5 18.5 94 1.0 18.9 161 13 293.8 296.2 292.5 333.0 13.74 2 950 531 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 185 31 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.4 13.89 3 900 996 17.2 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 215 32 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.6 13.18 4 850 1483 14.7 13.3 91 1.5 13.8 217 32 301.6 303.7 293.1 335.1 11.34 5 800 1995 11.9 10.8 93 1.1 11.3 222 34 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.4 10.25 6 750 2533 9.1 7.9 93 1.1 8.4 222 35 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.5 8.98 7 700 3102 5.7 4.7 93 1.0 5.1 230 37 308.8 310.3 292.3 332.3 7.67 8 650 3706 2.4 0.9 90 1.5 1.6 244 38 311.7 312.9 292.0 331.3 6.29 9 600 4349 -1.2 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.6 247 39 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.8 4.73 10 550 5039 -4.8 -8.2 77 3.4 -6.3 252 37 318.3 319.1 291.9 330.5 3.74 11 500 5782 -9.5 -14.0 70 4.5 -11.2 252 36 321.5 322.0 291.7 330.1 2.59 12 450 6587 -15.3 -21.1 61 5.8 -17.0 247 37 324.0 324.3 291.6 329.4 1.58 13 400 7466 -21.4 -27.0 61 5.6 -22.7 246 36 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.05 14 350 8435 -28.4 -34.7 55 6.3 -29.4 244 35 330.4 330.6 292.4 332.6 0.57 15 300 9522 -36.5 -44.6 43 8.1 -37.2 246 36 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.24 16 250 10762 -44.4 -50.9 48 6.5 -44.7 278 58 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.14 17 200 12218 -57.0 -60.5 65 3.5 -57.1 278 88 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 18 150 13999 -63.5 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.6 283 57 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16505 -62.5 -89.4 2 26.8 -62.7 260 29 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.57 m Freezing level: 616.18 mb = 4140.85 m = 13585.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.75 mb = 3947.36 m = 12950.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.86 mb = 327.26 m = 1073.66 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.79 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1085.20 m = 3560.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.36 mb = 766.30 m = 2514.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.36 mb = 2212.56 m = 7258.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.36 mb = 9767.96 m = 32046.73 ft B at Equ Level: 314.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.36 mb = 12237.37 m = 40148.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 95.97 m/s