MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.71,-90.79 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -90.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 987 179 19.8 19.6 99 0.2 19.7 327 1 294.1 296.7 293.3 336.0 14.70 2 950 509 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 172 8 296.0 298.5 293.5 336.7 14.14 3 900 973 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 203 20 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.1 13.44 4 850 1460 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 233 30 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.7 12.28 5 800 1972 11.8 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 258 28 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.80 6 750 2510 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 271 27 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.11 7 700 3079 6.1 4.7 91 1.4 5.3 268 31 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.7 7.65 8 650 3684 2.9 0.7 85 2.2 1.7 261 35 312.2 313.4 292.2 331.5 6.20 9 600 4328 -1.1 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.3 265 44 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.07 10 550 5016 -5.6 -15.0 48 9.3 -9.0 266 51 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.6 2.18 11 500 5755 -11.1 -22.3 39 11.2 -14.3 268 53 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.8 1.27 12 450 6554 -16.7 -36.1 17 19.5 -20.1 266 53 322.3 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.39 13 400 7429 -21.9 -44.1 12 22.2 -24.8 259 52 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.19 14 350 8398 -28.5 -51.8 9 23.3 -30.5 253 53 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 15 300 9484 -36.6 -54.9 13 18.3 -37.7 246 56 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.07 16 250 10723 -45.3 -68.1 6 22.8 -45.9 236 62 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 17 200 12176 -55.3 -69.8 15 14.5 -55.6 244 60 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13984 -60.1 -77.4 9 17.3 -60.3 263 65 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16502 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 258 45 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.16 m Freezing level: 613.44 mb = 4154.50 m = 13630.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.94 mb = 3897.56 m = 12787.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.12 mb = 205.66 m = 674.73 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 709.12 m = 2326.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 558.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.21 mb = 653.01 m = 2142.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.21 mb = 1771.47 m = 5811.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.21 mb = 9971.66 m = 32715.02 ft B at Equ Level: 556.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.21 mb = 12865.34 m = 42208.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.59 Bulk Shear: 155.76 m/s