MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 38.82,-90.89 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -90.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 185 23.3 22.8 97 0.4 22.9 176 6 297.4 300.7 296.5 349.5 17.98 2 950 526 22.4 20.1 87 2.3 20.8 183 25 299.9 302.8 295.8 346.1 15.77 3 900 997 20.6 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 187 31 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.6 14.82 4 850 1489 17.4 16.1 92 1.3 16.5 194 33 304.4 306.9 295.6 345.1 13.67 5 800 2006 14.4 13.1 92 1.3 13.6 219 34 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.3 11.90 6 750 2549 11.3 9.8 91 1.5 10.3 231 32 308.8 310.8 294.3 339.9 10.20 7 700 3124 8.2 6.5 89 1.7 7.2 230 33 311.6 313.2 293.9 338.4 8.72 8 650 3733 4.9 3.0 88 1.9 3.8 222 35 314.5 316.0 293.7 337.6 7.35 9 600 4383 1.3 -1.4 82 2.7 -0.1 218 40 317.7 318.8 293.3 336.1 5.77 10 550 5079 -3.0 -13.2 45 10.3 -7.0 217 42 320.6 321.1 291.4 328.9 2.51 11 500 5824 -8.1 -25.5 23 17.4 -13.0 215 41 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.5 0.96 12 450 6635 -12.5 -21.9 45 9.5 -15.3 211 36 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.47 13 400 7526 -17.3 -22.8 62 5.5 -18.8 212 31 332.6 332.9 293.8 338.0 1.53 14 350 8514 -23.8 -31.9 47 8.1 -25.4 212 26 336.6 336.8 294.2 339.4 0.75 15 300 9620 -32.3 -45.5 26 13.2 -33.7 210 32 339.8 339.8 294.5 340.7 0.22 16 250 10877 -43.1 -48.6 54 5.5 -43.4 216 28 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.8 0.19 17 200 12338 -55.2 -59.2 61 4.0 -55.3 248 37 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.07 18 150 14111 -68.1 -71.7 60 3.6 -68.1 244 47 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 19 100 16567 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 278 28 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.36 m Freezing level: 584.54 mb = 4597.89 m = 15084.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.24 mb = 4365.88 m = 14323.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.92 mb = 237.60 m = 779.53 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1278.14 m = 4193.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 954.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.76 mb = 893.39 m = 2931.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.76 mb = 1839.73 m = 6035.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.76 mb = 12793.24 m = 41972.05 ft B at Equ Level: 947.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.76 mb = 15680.86 m = 51445.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 261.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 15.76 Bulk Shear: 60.57 m/s