MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.62,-90.76 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 992 180 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.5 153 2 294.7 297.4 294.0 338.6 15.36 2 950 557 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 209 8 296.2 298.8 293.7 337.6 14.38 3 900 1020 16.5 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 208 10 298.5 300.8 293.0 334.9 12.50 4 850 1506 14.5 12.6 89 1.9 13.3 231 13 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.3 10.86 5 800 2017 11.9 9.7 86 2.3 10.5 233 16 303.9 305.6 292.3 332.1 9.47 6 750 2556 8.9 6.7 86 2.2 7.6 228 18 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.2 8.24 7 700 3124 5.5 3.2 85 2.3 4.2 223 23 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.6 6.89 8 650 3727 2.1 0.2 88 1.8 1.1 226 25 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.0 6.00 9 600 4370 -0.6 -1.4 95 0.8 -1.0 237 27 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.7 5.78 10 550 5064 -3.9 -5.0 92 1.1 -4.4 246 27 319.4 320.4 293.0 334.9 4.79 11 500 5809 -8.3 -9.7 90 1.4 -8.9 255 26 323.0 323.7 293.1 335.1 3.67 12 450 6620 -12.9 -14.4 88 1.5 -13.5 247 28 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.5 2.78 13 400 7508 -18.9 -20.8 85 1.9 -19.4 238 30 330.4 330.8 293.5 336.8 1.82 14 350 8489 -25.8 -28.4 79 2.6 -26.3 279 38 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.05 15 300 9586 -34.6 -37.6 74 3.0 -35.0 241 31 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.5 0.50 16 250 10833 -44.3 -47.8 69 3.4 -44.5 238 47 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12286 -57.0 -60.9 61 3.9 -57.1 255 70 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14061 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 277 69 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16573 -65.6 -87.9 3 22.3 -65.8 263 25 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.17 m Freezing level: 611.25 mb = 4225.17 m = 13861.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.80 mb = 4057.22 m = 13310.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.49 mb = 240.19 m = 788.02 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 745.59 m = 2446.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.35 C = 74.02 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 120.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.93 mb = 684.63 m = 2246.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.93 mb = 1799.48 m = 5903.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.93 mb = 6270.27 m = 20571.50 ft B at Equ Level: 120.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.93 mb = 10035.18 m = 32923.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.74 Bulk Shear: 32.24 m/s