MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.16,-85.62 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -85.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 984 228 26.7 24.5 88 2.2 25.0 215 6 301.2 304.9 298.7 360.3 20.02 2 950 542 25.0 22.6 87 2.4 23.3 221 11 302.5 305.9 298.2 357.3 18.49 3 900 1016 21.2 20.6 96 0.6 20.8 224 13 303.4 306.5 297.6 354.5 17.22 4 850 1510 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.6 226 20 305.0 307.7 296.5 349.4 14.87 5 800 2028 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 238 26 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.5 11.87 6 750 2571 11.5 8.8 83 2.7 9.9 245 28 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.2 9.54 7 700 3146 9.0 5.0 76 4.0 6.6 246 30 312.4 313.9 293.5 336.8 7.85 8 650 3757 5.1 0.9 74 4.2 2.8 244 32 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.5 6.30 9 600 4405 0.3 -4.5 70 4.8 -2.0 245 33 316.5 317.4 292.0 331.2 4.58 10 550 5099 -2.9 -13.4 44 10.6 -7.1 246 29 320.7 321.1 291.4 328.9 2.46 11 500 5847 -7.0 -27.9 17 20.9 -12.6 249 30 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.3 0.77 12 450 6658 -13.3 -20.4 55 7.2 -15.4 249 37 326.6 326.9 292.4 332.4 1.68 13 400 7544 -19.6 -22.8 75 3.3 -20.5 247 31 329.6 329.9 293.0 334.9 1.52 14 350 8523 -26.3 -30.5 67 4.2 -27.1 235 31 333.3 333.4 293.4 336.4 0.86 15 300 9618 -35.1 -38.3 72 3.2 -35.4 238 32 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.47 16 250 10863 -44.5 -48.1 67 3.6 -44.7 272 31 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.20 17 200 12320 -54.8 -58.8 61 4.0 -54.9 291 55 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.07 18 150 14116 -62.6 -80.6 7 18.0 -62.7 248 21 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16581 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 262 31 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.74 m Freezing level: 594.85 mb = 4476.18 m = 14685.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.14 mb = 4124.39 m = 13531.30 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.96 mb = 505.59 m = 1658.73 ft T: 25.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 32.98 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.59 mb = 971.32 m = 3186.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.33 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 38.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3149.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 893.61 m = 2931.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.65 mb = 1038.46 m = 3407.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.65 mb = 13805.79 m = 45294.05 ft B at Equ Level: 3115.86 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 77.90 Bulk Shear: 40.43 m/s