MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.98,-84.96 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -84.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 979 241 22.8 22.0 95 0.8 22.3 196 15 297.8 300.9 296.2 347.9 17.29 2 950 502 22.3 21.2 93 1.1 21.5 210 33 299.8 302.9 296.4 349.2 16.88 3 900 973 20.2 18.8 92 1.4 19.2 229 52 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.8 15.36 4 850 1464 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 238 58 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.1 13.43 5 800 1979 13.0 12.4 96 0.7 12.6 246 59 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.0 11.36 6 750 2520 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.5 257 55 308.2 310.0 293.5 336.8 9.42 7 700 3093 8.1 4.8 79 3.3 6.2 261 56 311.5 312.9 293.2 335.3 7.71 8 650 3702 4.5 -1.8 64 6.3 1.3 260 57 314.0 315.0 291.8 330.3 5.15 9 600 4349 0.3 -11.3 41 11.6 -4.5 264 52 316.4 317.0 290.3 325.2 2.68 10 550 5040 -3.9 -24.4 19 20.5 -9.9 262 50 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.7 0.96 11 500 5785 -7.8 -38.6 6 30.8 -14.0 258 53 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.27 12 450 6595 -13.1 -44.2 5 31.1 -18.1 255 52 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.17 13 400 7482 -18.4 -53.4 3 35.0 -22.5 255 51 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.07 14 350 8463 -25.7 -50.2 8 24.5 -28.3 253 58 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.11 15 300 9558 -35.0 -57.5 8 22.6 -36.3 250 49 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 16 250 10809 -43.2 -67.2 5 23.9 -44.0 250 51 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.8 0.02 17 200 12269 -55.4 -64.9 29 9.6 -55.6 249 56 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14058 -64.5 -76.2 18 11.8 -64.6 262 59 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16544 -63.1 -88.6 2 25.5 -63.3 278 31 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.59 m Freezing level: 596.72 mb = 4393.97 m = 14415.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.17 mb = 3837.64 m = 12590.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.33 mb = 335.83 m = 1101.80 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 26.46 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1078.26 m = 3537.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.62 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 36.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.59 mb = 852.14 m = 2795.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.59 mb = 1288.38 m = 4226.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.59 mb = 12666.90 m = 41557.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1567.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.59 mb = 16095.65 m = 52806.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 728.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 728.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.70 Bulk Rich Number: 9.37 Bulk Shear: 167.64 m/s