MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.902,-87.68 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 989 184 22.5 16.3 68 6.1 18.4 210 17 296.6 298.8 292.0 331.0 11.90 2 950 529 21.5 16.0 71 5.5 17.8 215 36 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.5 12.16 3 900 997 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 16.0 218 53 300.9 303.0 293.0 334.9 11.59 4 850 1485 14.6 13.2 91 1.5 13.7 226 54 301.5 303.6 293.0 334.7 11.27 5 800 1997 12.7 11.0 89 1.8 11.6 225 42 304.7 306.7 293.2 335.7 10.35 6 750 2537 10.1 5.8 75 4.3 7.6 215 38 307.6 309.0 292.0 331.2 7.76 7 700 3109 7.2 -2.5 50 9.7 2.3 212 39 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.7 4.54 8 650 3714 3.7 -5.7 50 9.4 -0.7 217 40 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.3 3.84 9 600 4359 0.2 -9.2 49 9.4 -3.9 215 47 316.3 316.9 290.7 326.6 3.18 10 550 5052 -3.7 -17.3 34 13.6 -8.5 213 52 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.7 1.79 11 500 5796 -8.9 -22.7 32 13.7 -13.0 212 53 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.5 1.24 12 450 6604 -13.5 -16.9 75 3.4 -14.7 217 50 326.3 326.7 292.8 334.0 2.26 13 400 7493 -17.7 -18.9 90 1.3 -18.1 228 47 332.0 332.5 294.2 339.6 2.14 14 350 8480 -24.4 -26.5 83 2.1 -24.9 227 46 335.8 336.1 294.4 340.4 1.26 15 300 9585 -32.6 -36.1 71 3.5 -33.1 222 48 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.58 16 250 10841 -43.1 -46.5 68 3.5 -43.3 219 57 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 17 200 12299 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.8 218 54 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14073 -65.9 -71.2 47 5.3 -65.9 236 46 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16541 -63.6 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.8 237 20 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.01 m Freezing level: 597.79 mb = 4390.03 m = 14402.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.18 mb = 3562.25 m = 11687.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.19 mb = 966.28 m = 3170.18 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.05 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1833.61 m = 6015.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4169.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.15 mb = 1294.71 m = 4247.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.9 neg: -77.1 tot: 149.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 29.72 m/s