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: 38.16,-88.94 Latitude: 38.16 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 51 SFC 990 141 24.7 23.0 90 1.7 23.5 147 12 298.7 302.0 297.0 351.5 18.10 2 950 500 21.9 21.3 96 0.6 21.5 157 23 299.4 302.5 296.4 349.1 17.01 3 900 969 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 185 34 301.8 304.8 296.4 348.9 15.96 4 850 1462 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 205 44 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.2 14.96 5 800 1979 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 227 50 306.1 308.5 295.3 343.9 12.59 6 750 2521 10.5 8.4 87 2.2 9.2 248 57 308.0 309.7 293.3 336.1 9.25 7 700 3094 8.2 3.7 73 4.5 5.6 256 55 311.5 312.9 292.7 333.7 7.15 8 650 3703 5.5 -0.7 65 6.2 2.2 262 52 315.2 316.3 292.5 333.0 5.62 9 600 4353 1.8 -6.2 55 8.0 -2.0 266 53 318.2 318.9 292.0 331.2 4.01 10 550 5049 -2.6 -18.1 29 15.4 -8.1 269 54 320.9 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.67 11 500 5796 -7.6 -27.7 18 20.2 -12.9 269 48 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.78 12 450 6608 -12.3 -46.4 4 34.2 -17.6 273 44 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.13 13 400 7496 -18.9 -56.8 2 38.0 -22.8 278 48 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.04 14 350 8476 -25.6 -61.4 2 35.8 -28.3 270 57 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 15 300 9573 -34.5 -51.6 16 17.2 -35.8 262 58 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.11 16 250 10827 -42.7 -64.7 7 22.0 -43.5 248 63 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12290 -54.8 -64.6 29 9.8 -55.1 246 59 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14083 -64.2 -76.3 17 12.2 -64.3 270 61 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16556 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 263 42 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.03 m Freezing level: 579.99 mb = 4631.76 m = 15195.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.91 mb = 4036.06 m = 13241.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.77 mb = 355.88 m = 1167.56 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 22.63 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 775.25 m = 2543.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1595.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.49 mb = 689.14 m = 2260.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.49 mb = 1517.27 m = 4977.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.49 mb = 12793.53 m = 41973.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1590.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 995.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 995.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 331.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.2 stream: 14.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 357.94 m/s