MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.7,-85.55 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -85.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 985 209 22.5 21.9 96 0.6 22.1 117 3 296.9 300.0 295.7 346.0 17.01 2 950 527 21.4 20.2 93 1.2 20.6 194 6 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.2 15.87 3 900 995 18.1 15.7 86 2.4 16.5 210 5 300.1 302.4 293.6 336.9 12.56 4 850 1483 15.6 12.1 80 3.5 13.4 267 5 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.7 10.53 5 800 1996 13.1 9.5 79 3.6 10.9 268 10 305.1 306.8 292.6 333.2 9.38 6 750 2536 9.7 6.4 79 3.4 7.8 251 22 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.05 7 700 3106 5.9 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 250 35 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.32 8 650 3709 2.0 0.8 91 1.3 1.4 252 43 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.7 6.24 9 600 4351 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 258 53 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.5 5.50 10 550 5041 -4.8 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 268 56 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.72 11 500 5785 -8.4 -9.2 94 0.8 -8.7 277 53 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.5 3.83 12 450 6596 -13.6 -15.1 88 1.5 -14.1 270 44 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.2 2.64 13 400 7482 -19.0 -21.6 80 2.5 -19.8 261 38 330.3 330.6 293.4 336.3 1.71 14 350 8461 -26.6 -30.8 67 4.3 -27.4 262 39 332.9 333.1 293.3 336.0 0.84 15 300 9556 -35.0 -38.0 74 3.0 -35.4 247 37 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.48 16 250 10799 -45.0 -49.6 60 4.6 -45.3 242 43 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12251 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 249 65 343.9 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14044 -61.8 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.9 274 58 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16542 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 282 28 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.72 m Freezing level: 622.99 mb = 4055.90 m = 13306.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 3970.53 m = 13026.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.30 mb = 280.92 m = 921.64 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 987.11 m = 3238.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 818.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.39 mb = 857.53 m = 2813.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.39 mb = 1388.98 m = 4556.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.39 mb = 11648.98 m = 38217.96 ft B at Equ Level: 813.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.39 mb = 14495.88 m = 47558.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.3 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 291.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.8 neg: -14.8 tot: 144.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 133.60 m/s