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: 38.05,-89.08 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 991 134 25.0 23.2 90 1.8 23.7 156 12 299.0 302.3 297.2 352.6 18.38 2 950 501 22.9 22.0 94 1.0 22.2 167 25 300.4 303.7 297.2 352.6 17.75 3 900 972 20.5 20.3 99 0.1 20.4 188 37 302.6 305.7 297.2 352.6 16.91 4 850 1466 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 210 46 305.1 308.0 296.9 351.2 15.41 5 800 1983 13.9 13.7 99 0.2 13.7 234 51 305.9 308.3 295.1 343.1 12.38 6 750 2525 10.5 7.1 80 3.4 8.5 252 58 308.0 309.5 292.7 333.7 8.47 7 700 3097 8.3 1.2 61 7.1 4.5 258 58 311.7 312.8 291.8 330.4 5.98 8 650 3707 5.7 -4.5 48 10.2 0.7 262 55 315.4 316.2 291.4 328.9 4.22 9 600 4357 1.8 -11.5 36 13.3 -3.8 269 55 318.2 318.7 290.8 326.9 2.63 10 550 5053 -2.5 -24.7 16 22.3 -9.1 269 53 321.2 321.4 290.1 324.4 0.93 11 500 5800 -7.5 -31.3 13 23.8 -13.3 271 47 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.56 12 450 6612 -12.3 -52.3 2 40.0 -17.7 275 45 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 13 400 7499 -19.2 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 279 50 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 14 350 8478 -25.6 -56.9 4 31.3 -28.3 270 58 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 15 300 9575 -34.5 -52.7 14 18.2 -35.8 262 58 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 16 250 10829 -42.6 -63.9 8 21.3 -43.4 248 63 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12292 -54.9 -64.8 28 9.9 -55.1 247 59 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14085 -64.1 -76.6 17 12.5 -64.1 270 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16558 -66.4 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 263 43 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.55 m Freezing level: 579.05 mb = 4648.24 m = 15249.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.54 mb = 3800.62 m = 12469.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.58 mb = 358.37 m = 1175.75 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 28.20 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 825.47 m = 2708.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.00 C Showalter Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2197.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.81 mb = 697.29 m = 2287.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.81 mb = 1128.61 m = 3702.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.81 mb = 13167.14 m = 43198.76 ft B at Equ Level: 2195.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 989.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 989.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 329.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 14.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.46 Bulk Rich Number: 6.47 Bulk Shear: 339.64 m/s