MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.96,-90.84 Latitude: 38.96 Longitude: -90.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 992 173 21.1 20.7 98 0.4 20.9 254 5 295.0 297.8 294.3 340.0 15.72 2 950 547 18.8 16.5 87 2.2 17.3 268 9 296.2 298.5 292.4 332.4 12.56 3 900 1012 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.5 266 13 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.39 4 850 1501 15.9 12.3 79 3.7 13.6 260 22 302.8 304.8 292.9 334.3 10.60 5 800 2014 13.1 10.7 86 2.4 11.6 255 29 305.1 307.0 293.2 335.7 10.19 6 750 2555 9.9 8.9 93 1.1 9.3 253 29 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.4 9.58 7 700 3126 6.6 5.1 90 1.5 5.8 247 29 309.8 311.3 292.8 334.1 7.90 8 650 3731 2.9 1.1 88 1.8 1.9 245 30 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.2 6.38 9 600 4375 -1.2 -3.1 87 1.8 -2.1 242 31 314.7 315.6 291.9 330.8 5.08 10 550 5065 -5.0 -9.7 70 4.7 -7.0 245 33 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.1 3.34 11 500 5806 -10.0 -16.5 59 6.5 -12.3 244 32 320.8 321.2 291.1 327.9 2.10 12 450 6610 -15.2 -18.9 73 3.7 -16.4 238 31 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.6 1.90 13 400 7492 -19.9 -23.1 76 3.2 -20.7 252 29 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.4 1.49 14 350 8469 -26.5 -31.7 61 5.3 -27.5 259 29 333.1 333.2 293.3 335.9 0.77 15 300 9563 -34.7 -38.1 71 3.4 -35.1 260 36 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.2 0.48 16 250 10811 -44.9 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.1 262 57 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12261 -57.0 -61.0 60 4.0 -57.1 262 81 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14056 -59.6 -77.7 8 18.2 -59.7 280 47 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16543 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 296 22 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.42 m Freezing level: 614.94 mb = 4182.58 m = 13722.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.38 mb = 4029.01 m = 13218.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.64 mb = 221.00 m = 725.06 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.50 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.93 mb = 1723.44 m = 5654.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.42 mb = 922.51 m = 3026.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.42 mb = 3926.46 m = 12881.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.42 mb = 7227.04 m = 23710.47 ft B at Equ Level: 82.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.42 mb = 8792.66 m = 28846.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -13.3 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 49.24 m/s