MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.03,-88.94 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 991 135 25.1 23.2 89 2.0 23.7 153 12 299.1 302.4 297.2 352.6 18.33 2 950 503 22.6 21.7 95 0.9 22.0 164 24 300.2 303.4 297.0 351.4 17.49 3 900 973 20.3 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 188 35 302.4 305.5 297.0 351.9 16.73 4 850 1467 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.7 209 45 304.8 307.6 296.6 350.0 15.14 5 800 1984 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 234 51 305.9 308.1 294.8 342.2 12.10 6 750 2525 10.5 6.3 75 4.2 8.0 251 58 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.5 8.03 7 700 3098 8.4 0.9 59 7.5 4.3 257 58 311.8 312.9 291.7 330.0 5.85 8 650 3708 5.7 -4.6 47 10.3 0.6 262 55 315.4 316.2 291.3 328.8 4.17 9 600 4357 1.9 -11.0 38 12.9 -3.6 268 55 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.75 10 550 5053 -2.6 -23.5 18 20.9 -9.1 269 53 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.6 1.04 11 500 5800 -7.5 -30.8 14 23.3 -13.2 270 47 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.59 12 450 6612 -12.3 -49.2 3 36.9 -17.6 274 45 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.10 13 400 7500 -19.0 -56.7 2 37.7 -22.9 279 49 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.04 14 350 8479 -25.5 -60.9 2 35.4 -28.3 270 57 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.03 15 300 9577 -34.5 -51.6 16 17.1 -35.7 263 57 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.11 16 250 10831 -42.5 -67.1 5 24.6 -43.3 248 63 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 17 200 12294 -55.0 -65.0 28 10.0 -55.2 246 59 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14086 -64.2 -76.7 16 12.5 -64.3 271 60 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16559 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 263 43 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.68 m Freezing level: 579.36 mb = 4644.40 m = 15237.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3797.70 m = 12459.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.27 mb = 381.37 m = 1251.21 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 27.30 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.02 mb = 819.79 m = 2689.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2039.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.71 mb = 700.04 m = 2296.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.71 mb = 1131.03 m = 3710.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.71 mb = 13172.10 m = 43215.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2029.73 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 982.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 982.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 327.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 14.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.59 Bulk Rich Number: 5.85 Bulk Shear: 348.53 m/s