MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.73,-91.16 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -91.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 988 210 22.0 20.8 93 1.2 21.2 194 2 296.1 299.0 294.8 341.9 15.88 2 950 552 19.1 17.3 89 1.8 17.9 212 5 296.6 298.9 292.9 334.5 13.16 3 900 1015 15.9 14.7 92 1.2 15.1 230 6 297.9 300.1 292.3 332.1 11.77 4 850 1500 14.5 10.0 74 4.6 11.7 271 8 301.4 303.0 291.2 328.3 9.09 5 800 2010 11.3 4.6 63 6.7 7.5 274 14 303.2 304.4 289.7 323.2 6.64 6 750 2546 8.1 -1.8 50 9.9 3.2 273 15 305.4 306.2 288.5 319.1 4.47 7 700 3112 4.7 -2.2 61 6.8 1.3 276 15 307.6 308.5 289.4 322.0 4.65 8 650 3711 -0.0 -1.1 92 1.1 -0.6 265 21 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.7 5.42 9 600 4348 -3.8 -5.5 88 1.6 -4.6 270 28 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.1 4.24 10 550 5031 -6.5 -10.1 76 3.6 -8.0 267 36 316.3 317.0 290.8 326.8 3.23 11 500 5770 -10.9 -14.8 73 3.9 -12.3 256 41 319.7 320.2 291.1 327.8 2.42 12 450 6572 -16.8 -19.6 79 2.8 -17.6 252 46 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.3 1.80 13 400 7444 -23.1 -31.1 48 8.0 -24.6 264 54 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.71 14 350 8410 -29.1 -35.4 55 6.2 -30.0 270 73 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5 0.54 15 300 9492 -37.2 -44.1 49 6.9 -37.8 266 88 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.9 0.25 16 250 10727 -47.1 -53.1 50 6.0 -47.3 257 99 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12167 -56.9 -71.1 15 14.2 -57.1 268 94 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 18 150 13969 -59.5 -78.1 7 18.6 -59.7 276 75 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16505 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 281 33 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.12 m Freezing level: 650.11 mb = 3709.39 m = 12169.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.58 mb = 3519.17 m = 11545.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.02 mb = 354.54 m = 1163.18 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 22.80 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 926.26 m = 3038.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.53 C = 74.35 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.87 mb = 846.65 m = 2777.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.87 mb = 1980.18 m = 6496.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.87 mb = 9655.24 m = 31676.91 ft B at Equ Level: 541.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.87 mb = 13080.28 m = 42913.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 28.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 11.37 Bulk Shear: 47.73 m/s