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: 38.25,-89.37 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -89.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 988 151 24.3 22.9 92 1.5 23.3 158 13 298.5 301.8 296.9 351.1 18.07 2 950 494 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.8 165 25 299.7 302.8 296.8 350.7 17.44 3 900 964 20.1 19.9 99 0.1 20.0 187 37 302.2 305.2 296.8 350.9 16.49 4 850 1457 17.9 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 209 47 304.9 307.7 296.7 350.3 15.20 5 800 1975 14.1 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 227 53 306.2 308.6 295.3 344.3 12.67 6 750 2517 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.2 247 56 308.0 309.9 294.2 339.4 10.38 7 700 3091 8.4 5.8 83 2.6 6.9 256 53 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.5 8.30 8 650 3701 5.8 -0.1 66 5.9 2.6 260 50 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.0 5.84 9 600 4351 1.9 -7.8 48 9.8 -2.6 268 51 318.4 319.1 291.7 329.9 3.53 10 550 5048 -2.4 -20.4 24 17.9 -8.4 270 53 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.9 1.37 11 500 5795 -7.7 -37.1 7 29.5 -13.8 270 48 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.9 0.32 12 450 6607 -12.5 -52.6 2 40.2 -17.9 273 44 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.06 13 400 7494 -19.3 -57.4 2 38.1 -23.2 279 49 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.04 14 350 8471 -26.0 -51.8 7 25.7 -28.5 270 57 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.09 15 300 9568 -34.7 -56.6 9 21.9 -36.1 263 60 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.06 16 250 10820 -43.0 -61.5 11 18.5 -43.7 249 61 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.04 17 200 12283 -54.4 -69.6 14 15.2 -54.6 249 60 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14079 -63.6 -77.4 14 13.8 -63.7 269 62 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16553 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.3 262 43 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.61 m Freezing level: 577.85 mb = 4660.06 m = 15288.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.81 mb = 4022.32 m = 13196.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.80 mb = 331.79 m = 1088.53 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 26.03 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 758.83 m = 2489.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.38 C K Index: 40.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 528.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1886.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.37 mb = 675.35 m = 2215.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.37 mb = 1302.71 m = 4273.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.37 mb = 13103.30 m = 42989.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1863.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.37 mb = 16234.03 m = 53260.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 982.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 982.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 327.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 14.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.90 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 329.66 m/s