MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 38.82,-90.37 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 996 148 26.1 20.9 73 5.1 22.4 216 12 299.5 302.4 295.7 345.8 15.85 2 950 560 21.3 19.1 88 2.1 19.8 216 19 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.0 14.84 3 900 1027 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.8 224 26 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.2 13.20 4 850 1515 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 237 30 302.1 304.2 293.5 336.8 11.76 5 800 2027 12.6 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 237 33 304.5 306.5 293.3 336.0 10.54 6 750 2567 9.7 8.2 91 1.5 8.8 238 36 307.1 308.8 293.0 334.8 9.17 7 700 3138 6.4 5.3 92 1.2 5.8 241 27 309.6 311.1 292.8 334.1 7.98 8 650 3743 2.9 1.7 92 1.2 2.3 242 24 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.1 6.69 9 600 4387 -1.0 -2.0 93 1.0 -1.6 251 26 314.9 316.0 292.3 332.3 5.50 10 550 5079 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.2 255 25 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.6 5.03 11 500 5826 -7.6 -7.9 97 0.4 -7.7 249 26 323.8 324.7 293.7 337.7 4.21 12 450 6638 -13.3 -14.7 89 1.4 -13.9 242 27 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.7 2.71 13 400 7524 -19.0 -20.7 87 1.7 -19.5 230 29 330.3 330.7 293.5 336.8 1.85 14 350 8505 -26.3 -40.7 25 14.4 -28.3 228 25 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.31 15 300 9598 -35.5 -49.7 22 14.2 -36.6 232 25 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.14 16 250 10840 -45.2 -55.3 31 10.1 -45.7 230 31 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.08 17 200 12290 -56.2 -63.3 41 7.1 -56.3 222 36 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14087 -63.0 -79.2 10 16.2 -63.1 250 49 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16575 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.2 234 39 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.39 m Freezing level: 612.97 mb = 4219.87 m = 13844.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.35 mb = 4118.49 m = 13511.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.58 mb = 794.28 m = 2605.88 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 955.84 m = 3135.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.00 C = 78.80 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.56 mb = 916.57 m = 3007.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.56 mb = 1059.34 m = 3475.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.56 mb = 11480.10 m = 37663.90 ft B at Equ Level: 715.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.56 mb = 14229.72 m = 46684.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.4 neg: -20.5 tot: 106.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 28.52 Bulk Shear: 25.11 m/s