MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.35,-90.98 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -90.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 991 205 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 242 2 294.8 297.5 293.9 338.4 15.25 2 950 573 19.9 19.4 97 0.4 19.6 209 9 297.4 300.1 294.6 341.1 15.12 3 900 1039 17.3 16.5 95 0.7 16.8 228 8 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.1 13.27 4 850 1526 14.6 13.9 95 0.7 14.1 239 9 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.2 11.79 5 800 2037 12.0 11.0 94 0.9 11.4 238 15 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.38 6 750 2576 8.9 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 246 20 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.83 7 700 3145 5.9 4.7 92 1.1 5.2 232 18 309.0 310.4 292.4 332.5 7.69 8 650 3749 2.3 1.1 92 1.2 1.6 234 15 311.5 312.7 292.1 331.4 6.38 9 600 4390 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 247 15 313.7 314.7 291.7 330.1 5.20 10 550 5079 -5.1 -5.8 95 0.7 -5.4 246 17 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.51 11 500 5823 -9.0 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 241 21 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.53 12 450 6632 -13.8 -15.5 87 1.7 -14.4 250 26 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.6 2.55 13 400 7516 -19.7 -21.8 83 2.1 -20.3 263 31 329.4 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.67 14 350 8493 -26.7 -29.4 78 2.7 -27.2 270 37 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.2 0.96 15 300 9586 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.1 268 47 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10826 -46.0 -49.5 68 3.4 -46.2 266 58 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.17 17 200 12268 -58.1 -62.1 60 4.0 -58.1 260 84 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 18 150 14061 -56.0 -81.5 3 25.5 -56.3 295 61 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16585 -64.6 -88.6 2 24.0 -64.8 278 23 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.94 m Freezing level: 624.06 mb = 4081.61 m = 13390.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.19 mb = 3996.92 m = 13113.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.46 mb = 282.85 m = 927.97 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.36 mb = 864.93 m = 2837.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.45 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.81 mb = 730.56 m = 2396.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.81 mb = 1155.01 m = 3789.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.81 mb = 11426.85 m = 37489.21 ft B at Equ Level: 621.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.81 mb = 13744.77 m = 45093.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -15.9 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 48.90 Bulk Shear: 12.73 m/s