MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.64,-90.63 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -90.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 992 171 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 171 4 295.9 298.6 294.3 339.7 15.23 2 950 548 18.1 17.7 97 0.4 17.8 163 5 295.5 298.0 292.9 334.4 13.52 3 900 1011 16.9 14.0 83 2.9 15.0 176 3 299.0 301.0 292.2 331.7 11.24 4 850 1497 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 214 5 300.7 302.3 291.0 327.6 9.14 5 800 2007 12.7 1.6 47 11.1 6.8 262 9 304.7 305.7 289.0 321.1 5.38 6 750 2546 10.4 -2.3 41 12.7 4.0 283 15 307.9 308.7 289.1 321.3 4.31 7 700 3115 5.8 0.7 70 5.1 3.1 271 17 308.9 309.9 290.7 326.6 5.74 8 650 3718 2.1 -1.6 77 3.7 0.3 272 21 311.3 312.3 291.1 327.8 5.26 9 600 4360 -1.6 -8.7 58 7.1 -4.6 268 26 314.3 314.9 290.3 325.0 3.31 10 550 5048 -5.2 -15.3 45 10.1 -8.9 267 30 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.9 2.11 11 500 5790 -9.4 -25.5 26 16.1 -13.7 268 35 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.0 0.96 12 450 6594 -15.3 -33.4 20 18.0 -19.0 262 38 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.8 0.51 13 400 7472 -21.5 -43.4 12 21.8 -24.4 257 37 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.21 14 350 8442 -28.6 -34.0 60 5.4 -29.5 254 36 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.4 0.62 15 300 9531 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.2 -36.1 264 46 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10769 -46.4 -49.9 68 3.5 -46.6 262 70 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12209 -58.0 -63.1 52 5.1 -58.1 264 74 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 18 150 14006 -60.6 -72.6 19 12.0 -60.8 263 39 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16530 -63.1 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.3 273 35 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.90 m Freezing level: 621.40 mb = 4085.26 m = 13402.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3750.76 m = 12305.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.09 mb = 402.82 m = 1321.57 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.64 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1141.30 m = 3744.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.30 mb = 810.65 m = 2659.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.30 mb = 3158.57 m = 10362.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.30 mb = 8723.69 m = 28620.70 ft B at Equ Level: 158.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.30 mb = 11132.86 m = 36524.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 50.67 m/s