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: 38.20,-89.74 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -89.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 989 143 25.2 23.3 89 1.9 23.8 182 13 299.3 302.6 297.3 353.3 18.48 2 950 497 23.9 21.8 88 2.0 22.4 191 30 301.4 304.6 297.3 353.2 17.58 3 900 968 20.4 19.8 96 0.6 19.9 209 40 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.8 16.32 4 850 1461 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 226 48 304.0 306.6 295.9 346.8 14.39 5 800 1976 13.3 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 241 53 305.3 307.5 294.5 340.9 11.89 6 750 2517 10.4 8.3 87 2.1 9.1 254 54 307.8 309.6 293.3 335.7 9.19 7 700 3091 8.5 2.8 67 5.7 5.3 261 53 311.9 313.2 292.4 332.7 6.69 8 650 3701 6.1 -3.9 49 9.9 1.1 265 51 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.0 4.42 9 600 4352 2.5 -12.3 33 14.8 -3.6 270 54 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.2 2.47 10 550 5049 -2.4 -26.4 14 24.0 -9.3 269 50 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.1 0.81 11 500 5796 -7.6 -42.2 4 34.6 -14.0 270 45 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.19 12 450 6608 -12.9 -46.5 4 33.6 -18.0 275 44 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.13 13 400 7493 -19.6 -51.9 4 32.4 -23.2 277 50 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 14 350 8470 -26.2 -62.2 2 36.0 -28.8 269 58 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 15 300 9565 -35.0 -52.2 16 17.2 -36.2 262 61 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10816 -43.3 -69.9 4 26.6 -44.0 250 62 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 17 200 12279 -54.3 -67.4 18 13.2 -54.5 250 60 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14077 -63.4 -76.0 16 12.7 -63.5 268 63 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16554 -66.1 -87.2 4 21.0 -66.2 261 42 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.63 m Freezing level: 574.26 mb = 4710.98 m = 15455.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.54 mb = 3845.68 m = 12616.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.54 mb = 381.72 m = 1252.33 ft T: 24.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.14 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 911.81 m = 2991.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.53 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2214.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.59 mb = 790.03 m = 2591.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.59 mb = 1030.02 m = 3379.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.59 mb = 13164.52 m = 43190.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2196.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.4 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 283.4 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 788.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 788.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 262.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.72 Bulk Rich Number: 9.21 Bulk Shear: 240.48 m/s