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: 38.28,-89.27 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -89.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 152 24.3 22.8 92 1.5 23.2 152 13 298.5 301.7 296.8 350.8 17.96 2 950 494 21.9 21.5 98 0.3 21.6 158 24 299.4 302.5 296.6 349.9 17.29 3 900 963 19.8 19.6 99 0.2 19.6 184 36 301.9 304.8 296.5 349.5 16.13 4 850 1456 17.9 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 206 47 304.8 307.7 296.7 350.2 15.17 5 800 1974 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 225 52 306.4 308.8 295.5 345.0 12.83 6 750 2516 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 246 56 308.0 310.0 294.2 339.5 10.40 7 700 3090 8.4 6.0 85 2.4 6.9 255 52 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.7 8.41 8 650 3700 5.6 0.8 71 4.8 2.9 259 50 315.3 316.5 293.0 335.0 6.23 9 600 4350 1.8 -5.7 58 7.5 -1.8 267 51 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.7 4.18 10 550 5047 -2.5 -17.3 31 14.9 -7.8 270 54 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.2 1.78 11 500 5794 -7.6 -32.4 12 24.8 -13.5 271 49 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.50 12 450 6606 -12.4 -51.5 2 39.0 -17.8 272 44 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.07 13 400 7493 -19.1 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.0 278 48 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 14 350 8471 -25.9 -53.5 6 27.5 -28.5 270 56 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08 15 300 9568 -34.7 -55.5 10 20.8 -36.0 262 59 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 16 250 10820 -43.0 -60.2 13 17.2 -43.7 249 61 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 17 200 12283 -54.4 -69.8 13 15.4 -54.7 249 59 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14079 -63.8 -76.7 16 13.0 -63.9 269 62 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16553 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 262 43 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.59 m Freezing level: 578.92 mb = 4644.11 m = 15236.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.93 mb = 4098.10 m = 13445.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.40 mb = 335.30 m = 1100.06 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 24.60 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 725.13 m = 2379.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 40.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1695.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.89 mb = 670.01 m = 2198.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.89 mb = 1002.50 m = 3289.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.89 mb = 1099.34 m = 3606.72 ft B at Equ Level: 16.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.89 mb = 16203.52 m = 53160.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1006.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1006.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 335.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 14.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.87 Bulk Shear: 347.85 m/s