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: 38.12,-85.04 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -85.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 236 23.0 22.0 95 0.9 22.3 196 16 297.9 301.1 296.2 348.1 17.30 2 950 497 22.1 21.2 94 1.0 21.5 210 34 299.6 302.7 296.4 349.0 16.89 3 900 968 19.8 18.5 92 1.4 18.9 228 54 302.0 304.7 295.8 346.3 15.04 4 850 1458 16.3 15.2 94 1.0 15.6 238 60 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.6 12.93 5 800 1973 13.0 11.6 91 1.4 12.1 248 59 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.4 10.81 6 750 2514 11.2 7.8 79 3.4 9.1 259 57 308.8 310.4 293.3 335.8 8.88 7 700 3088 8.3 3.8 73 4.5 5.7 262 56 311.7 313.1 292.8 334.0 7.19 8 650 3696 4.3 -3.1 59 7.4 0.6 260 55 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.69 9 600 4343 0.7 -9.0 48 9.6 -3.6 262 52 316.9 317.5 291.0 327.4 3.23 10 550 5036 -3.7 -24.8 18 21.1 -9.9 261 50 319.6 319.8 289.6 322.9 0.93 11 500 5781 -7.7 -38.4 7 30.7 -13.9 257 54 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.28 12 450 6591 -13.2 -43.3 6 30.1 -18.1 255 53 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.18 13 400 7477 -18.7 -53.5 3 34.9 -22.6 254 52 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 14 350 8458 -25.8 -53.7 5 27.9 -28.4 253 59 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 15 300 9552 -34.9 -56.1 10 21.2 -36.2 248 48 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 16 250 10804 -43.2 -70.4 3 27.2 -44.0 248 50 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.8 0.01 17 200 12264 -55.3 -66.0 25 10.7 -55.5 248 54 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14053 -64.3 -76.1 18 11.8 -64.4 261 60 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16542 -62.8 -87.5 2 24.7 -63.0 280 31 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.45 m Freezing level: 592.56 mb = 4446.28 m = 14587.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3787.42 m = 12425.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.27 mb = 349.52 m = 1146.70 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 26.12 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 1040.68 m = 3414.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1411.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.41 mb = 838.98 m = 2752.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.41 mb = 1274.48 m = 4181.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.41 mb = 12634.78 m = 41452.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1402.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.41 mb = 15504.34 m = 50866.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 771.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 768.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 256.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.46 Bulk Rich Number: 8.33 Bulk Shear: 169.52 m/s