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: 42.48,-84.27 Latitude: 42.48 Longitude: -84.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 981 288 25.1 20.9 78 4.2 22.1 234 13 299.9 302.8 296.0 347.0 16.08 2 950 564 20.9 18.7 87 2.2 19.4 233 18 298.4 301.0 294.4 340.5 14.46 3 900 1029 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 234 30 299.2 301.5 293.3 336.1 12.67 4 850 1516 14.7 13.4 92 1.3 13.8 237 30 301.5 303.6 293.1 335.3 11.44 5 800 2028 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.1 235 37 303.9 305.8 292.7 333.9 10.05 6 750 2567 9.3 7.8 90 1.6 8.4 235 41 306.7 308.3 292.7 333.5 8.87 7 700 3137 6.4 3.9 84 2.5 5.0 236 40 309.6 310.9 292.2 331.9 7.27 8 650 3741 3.3 -2.5 66 5.8 0.4 232 41 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.2 4.92 9 600 4387 0.6 -25.5 12 26.1 -7.1 228 48 316.8 316.9 288.6 319.5 0.80 10 550 5079 -3.7 -33.4 8 29.6 -10.7 226 49 319.7 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.42 11 500 5822 -9.4 -41.9 5 32.5 -15.2 227 52 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.19 12 450 6629 -13.9 -50.0 3 36.1 -18.7 221 55 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.09 13 400 7512 -20.1 -40.9 14 20.8 -23.2 218 57 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.27 14 350 8488 -26.9 -32.5 59 5.6 -27.9 218 50 332.4 332.6 293.1 335.1 0.71 15 300 9583 -34.2 -37.6 71 3.4 -34.6 220 47 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.50 16 250 10835 -43.2 -49.4 51 6.2 -43.6 213 49 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12294 -55.7 -60.6 54 4.9 -55.8 204 53 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.05 18 150 14071 -64.7 -75.5 21 10.8 -64.8 225 48 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16545 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.5 -63.6 248 26 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.16 m Freezing level: 593.48 mb = 4477.23 m = 14688.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.16 mb = 3776.84 m = 12391.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.96 mb = 812.42 m = 2665.37 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1018.17 m = 3340.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.79 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 35.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.54 mb = 1005.15 m = 3297.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.54 mb = 1052.74 m = 3453.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.54 mb = 9639.54 m = 31625.41 ft B at Equ Level: 386.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.54 mb = 13029.84 m = 42748.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.90 Bulk Shear: 66.06 m/s