MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.55,-94.28 Latitude: 36.55 Longitude: -94.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 969 360 19.8 19.6 98 0.3 19.6 115 4 295.6 298.3 294.0 338.5 14.94 2 950 533 21.9 19.7 88 2.1 20.4 111 12 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.3 15.40 3 900 1002 20.7 14.3 67 6.4 16.4 158 9 302.8 304.9 293.5 336.7 11.43 4 850 1495 18.5 10.0 58 8.5 13.2 214 9 305.5 307.2 292.5 333.0 9.11 5 800 2013 15.0 14.1 94 0.9 14.4 257 16 307.1 309.5 295.6 345.5 12.73 6 750 2558 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 257 22 309.5 311.7 295.3 344.2 11.38 7 700 3133 8.5 6.9 90 1.6 7.5 258 27 311.9 313.6 294.2 339.5 8.97 8 650 3743 5.3 1.6 77 3.7 3.2 263 27 314.9 316.2 293.3 335.8 6.63 9 600 4392 0.9 -3.8 70 4.8 -1.4 261 32 317.2 318.1 292.4 332.6 4.80 10 550 5086 -3.5 -10.4 59 6.9 -6.4 261 37 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.15 11 500 5832 -7.8 -22.1 31 14.3 -12.2 266 37 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.1 1.30 12 450 6642 -14.0 -30.3 24 16.4 -17.7 264 41 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.68 13 400 7524 -19.7 -48.7 6 29.1 -23.2 266 50 329.4 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.11 14 350 8501 -26.8 -60.4 3 33.6 -29.3 276 61 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 15 300 9594 -35.4 -61.2 5 25.8 -36.7 278 67 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.03 16 250 10837 -44.6 -60.6 15 16.0 -45.2 272 85 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12293 -55.2 -68.9 17 13.8 -55.4 268 97 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14084 -63.1 -78.9 10 15.8 -63.2 275 87 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16562 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 275 43 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.56 m Freezing level: 589.66 mb = 4535.40 m = 14879.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.41 mb = 4186.22 m = 13734.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.83 mb = 389.51 m = 1277.91 ft T: 20.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.39 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.23 mb = 2202.30 m = 7225.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.05 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.03 mb = 1394.06 m = 4573.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.03 mb = 4458.40 m = 14627.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.03 mb = 10186.29 m = 33419.17 ft B at Equ Level: 253.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.03 mb = 12777.02 m = 41918.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 148.27 m/s