MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.28,-85.55 Latitude: 37.28 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 117 SFC 988 225 21.4 21.2 99 0.2 21.3 113 10 295.6 298.6 294.9 342.5 16.29 2 950 563 20.9 20.7 99 0.2 20.8 157 18 298.4 301.4 295.7 346.1 16.39 3 900 1030 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 190 18 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.3 14.88 4 850 1520 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 15.8 205 19 303.0 305.4 294.9 342.6 13.37 5 800 2035 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.4 220 20 305.6 307.8 294.7 341.8 12.10 6 750 2577 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 237 21 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.3 10.59 7 700 3151 7.5 7.2 98 0.4 7.3 246 25 310.8 312.6 294.0 338.9 9.14 8 650 3759 4.1 3.6 97 0.5 3.8 255 29 313.6 315.0 293.7 337.4 7.64 9 600 4405 -0.3 -0.9 96 0.6 -0.6 264 32 315.8 316.9 293.0 334.8 6.00 10 550 5097 -4.5 -5.1 96 0.5 -4.8 271 34 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.78 11 500 5841 -8.8 -9.7 93 0.9 -9.2 278 35 322.3 323.1 292.9 334.5 3.67 12 450 6651 -13.4 -14.8 89 1.4 -13.9 284 36 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.5 2.69 13 400 7538 -18.7 -20.6 85 1.9 -19.3 288 35 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.2 1.86 14 350 8520 -25.4 -27.9 80 2.5 -25.9 291 33 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.5 1.10 15 300 9620 -33.7 -36.7 75 2.9 -34.1 294 31 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10871 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.2 291 32 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12325 -56.1 -60.4 58 4.3 -56.2 295 71 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14108 -64.6 -75.9 20 11.3 -64.7 283 54 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16606 -66.3 -87.2 4 20.9 -66.4 249 28 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.48 m Freezing level: 603.44 mb = 4360.53 m = 14306.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.11 mb = 4309.94 m = 14140.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.07 mb = 247.48 m = 811.94 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 820.64 m = 2692.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1017.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.85 mb = 710.86 m = 2332.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.85 mb = 1137.09 m = 3730.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.85 mb = 12360.91 m = 40553.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1015.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.85 mb = 15044.12 m = 49356.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 139.30 m/s