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: 38.42,-90.86 Latitude: 38.42 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 129 SFC 993 190 21.3 20.2 93 1.1 20.5 229 2 295.0 297.8 293.9 338.5 15.16 2 950 572 19.8 18.9 95 0.8 19.2 204 8 297.3 299.9 294.2 339.7 14.65 3 900 1038 17.5 16.4 93 1.1 16.7 228 7 299.5 301.9 293.8 337.9 13.13 4 850 1525 14.7 14.0 95 0.7 14.2 245 9 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.87 5 800 2036 11.9 11.2 95 0.7 11.5 242 15 303.9 305.8 293.1 335.2 10.51 6 750 2575 9.2 7.4 89 1.8 8.2 246 20 306.6 308.2 292.5 332.8 8.68 7 700 3145 6.0 4.6 91 1.4 5.2 236 17 309.1 310.6 292.4 332.5 7.62 8 650 3749 2.2 1.0 92 1.2 1.5 239 16 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.2 6.34 9 600 4390 -2.0 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.7 258 16 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.4 4.94 10 550 5078 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.1 -6.2 251 18 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.8 4.18 11 500 5819 -9.6 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.1 247 22 321.4 322.0 292.3 332.3 3.32 12 450 6627 -13.9 -15.6 87 1.7 -14.5 262 27 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.3 2.52 13 400 7512 -19.7 -21.9 83 2.1 -20.3 272 32 329.3 329.7 293.1 335.2 1.66 14 350 8488 -27.0 -29.7 78 2.7 -27.5 273 39 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.7 0.93 15 300 9579 -35.9 -39.0 74 3.0 -36.3 270 51 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.44 16 250 10819 -46.2 -49.7 68 3.4 -46.4 266 61 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12259 -58.0 -62.0 60 4.0 -58.0 261 88 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 14057 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.3 -55.7 297 58 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16580 -64.2 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.4 282 22 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.63 m Freezing level: 623.96 mb = 4082.66 m = 13394.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.96 mb = 3974.14 m = 13038.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.21 mb = 328.37 m = 1077.33 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 976.52 m = 3203.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.84 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 560.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.90 mb = 765.86 m = 2512.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.90 mb = 1386.79 m = 4549.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.90 mb = 11248.66 m = 36904.61 ft B at Equ Level: 558.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.90 mb = 13503.30 m = 44301.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -12.6 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 33.16 Bulk Shear: 16.90 m/s