MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.53,-84.28 Latitude: 37.53 Longitude: -84.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 975 331 27.4 22.4 75 4.9 23.8 223 8 302.7 305.9 297.8 355.4 17.80 2 950 562 24.2 20.0 77 4.3 21.2 224 11 301.8 304.6 296.1 347.9 15.64 3 900 1033 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 225 13 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.4 15.16 4 850 1524 16.4 14.3 87 2.2 15.0 244 22 303.4 305.6 294.1 339.4 12.13 5 800 2038 13.7 11.5 87 2.2 12.3 245 26 305.7 307.7 293.8 337.9 10.71 6 750 2580 10.7 8.9 89 1.7 9.6 262 28 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.4 9.62 7 700 3153 7.5 6.1 91 1.4 6.6 271 30 310.7 312.3 293.5 336.8 8.46 8 650 3760 4.3 2.0 85 2.4 3.0 290 29 313.9 315.2 293.1 335.1 6.80 9 600 4408 0.4 -7.1 57 7.5 -3.0 290 29 316.6 317.4 291.3 328.7 3.75 10 550 5101 -3.9 -20.2 27 16.3 -9.2 287 27 319.5 319.7 290.0 324.2 1.39 11 500 5844 -8.9 -34.5 11 25.7 -14.4 284 31 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.41 12 450 6652 -13.8 -35.5 14 21.8 -18.0 285 38 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.41 13 400 7536 -19.8 -48.1 6 28.3 -23.4 284 38 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.12 14 350 8513 -25.9 -51.8 7 25.8 -28.5 280 35 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.2 0.09 15 300 9610 -34.9 -43.4 42 8.5 -35.7 287 38 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.3 0.27 16 250 10854 -45.5 -50.9 54 5.4 -45.7 288 54 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.14 17 200 12300 -56.4 -62.3 47 5.9 -56.6 305 88 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14094 -63.3 -76.0 16 12.8 -63.4 280 39 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16584 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 254 35 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.88 m Freezing level: 594.85 mb = 4479.54 m = 14696.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 4076.85 m = 13375.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.29 mb = 953.48 m = 3128.18 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 31.69 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1181.69 m = 3876.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.46 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1733.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.23 mb = 1146.27 m = 3760.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.23 mb = 1292.40 m = 4240.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.23 mb = 12846.08 m = 42145.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1719.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.35 Bulk Rich Number: 31.87 Bulk Shear: 54.40 m/s