MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.19,-90.86 Latitude: 38.19 Longitude: -90.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 987 230 21.7 21.2 97 0.5 21.3 88 2 296.0 298.9 295.0 342.7 16.22 2 950 561 21.4 20.5 95 0.9 20.8 122 7 298.9 301.8 295.7 346.0 16.17 3 900 1030 19.3 18.0 92 1.2 18.4 197 7 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.4 14.61 4 850 1520 16.1 14.8 92 1.3 15.3 219 11 303.0 305.3 294.4 340.2 12.55 5 800 2033 12.6 8.8 77 3.9 10.3 242 17 304.6 306.3 292.1 331.4 8.91 6 750 2576 12.7 -2.8 34 15.4 4.9 258 15 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.4 4.16 7 700 3151 8.7 2.4 65 6.3 5.2 275 21 312.1 313.4 292.4 332.4 6.52 8 650 3760 4.6 -1.1 67 5.7 1.6 283 29 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.3 5.43 9 600 4406 -0.7 -5.4 70 4.7 -2.9 285 35 315.4 316.2 291.5 329.0 4.26 10 550 5095 -5.4 -17.7 37 12.3 -9.5 283 34 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.5 1.74 11 500 5836 -9.7 -28.6 20 18.9 -14.3 283 36 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.8 0.72 12 450 6640 -15.1 -36.4 14 21.3 -19.1 282 40 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.38 13 400 7519 -21.1 -41.4 14 20.3 -24.0 277 44 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 14 350 8489 -28.4 -50.1 11 21.7 -30.4 277 47 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.11 15 300 9576 -36.6 -58.0 9 21.5 -37.7 278 54 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.05 16 250 10814 -45.5 -64.5 10 19.0 -46.1 281 60 338.3 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.03 17 200 12271 -53.6 -72.6 8 18.9 -53.9 284 65 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 14083 -61.5 -79.0 8 17.5 -61.7 276 58 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16568 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.4 279 40 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.95 m Freezing level: 606.35 mb = 4323.74 m = 14185.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.25 mb = 3983.16 m = 13067.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.40 mb = 295.84 m = 970.61 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 22.60 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1089.66 m = 3574.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1458.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.90 mb = 812.09 m = 2664.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.90 mb = 1440.80 m = 4726.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 767.90 mb = 2377.63 m = 7800.52 ft B at Equ Level: 47.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.90 mb = 15059.93 m = 49408.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 147.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 100.43 m/s