MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.82,-87.22 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -87.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 989 188 21.8 21.3 97 0.5 21.5 281 8 295.9 298.8 295.0 342.9 16.32 2 950 533 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 296 16 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.2 14.50 3 900 998 17.6 15.0 85 2.6 15.8 315 18 299.6 301.8 293.0 334.6 11.98 4 850 1486 16.0 11.6 75 4.4 13.3 286 22 303.0 304.8 292.6 333.2 10.18 5 800 2000 13.2 10.9 86 2.3 11.7 274 22 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.29 6 750 2540 10.5 1.2 53 9.3 5.5 282 28 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.2 5.58 7 700 3112 8.3 -5.0 39 13.3 1.9 284 37 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.5 3.76 8 650 3719 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 -0.1 277 39 313.2 314.1 290.8 326.9 4.30 9 600 4363 -1.6 -9.7 54 8.1 -5.0 276 38 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.1 3.05 10 550 5053 -4.2 -32.3 9 28.1 -10.9 273 41 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.7 0.46 11 500 5796 -8.8 -39.9 6 31.1 -14.7 270 45 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.24 12 450 6603 -13.9 -44.0 6 30.0 -18.7 266 47 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.17 13 400 7487 -19.3 -43.6 10 24.3 -22.8 260 52 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.20 14 350 8465 -26.8 -41.8 23 15.0 -28.7 259 52 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 15 300 9557 -35.3 -41.0 56 5.6 -35.9 274 61 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.0 0.35 16 250 10801 -45.7 -49.5 66 3.7 -45.9 252 61 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12246 -56.5 -62.0 50 5.5 -56.6 276 83 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14044 -60.7 -77.6 9 16.9 -60.9 274 52 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16540 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.1 276 36 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.32 m Freezing level: 614.70 mb = 4173.73 m = 13693.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.45 mb = 3688.61 m = 12101.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.60 mb = 250.51 m = 821.86 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.61 mb = 1242.45 m = 4076.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 23.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 194.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.49 mb = 776.44 m = 2547.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.49 mb = 3738.01 m = 12263.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.49 mb = 9590.96 m = 31466.01 ft B at Equ Level: 193.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.49 mb = 12292.91 m = 40330.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.0 neg: -10.5 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.78 Bulk Shear: 51.55 m/s