MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 6Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.14,-86.06 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -86.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 983 208 20.7 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 159 7 295.3 298.1 294.2 339.6 15.45 2 950 502 23.1 17.8 72 5.2 19.5 187 26 300.6 303.1 294.5 340.7 13.66 3 900 973 19.8 18.1 90 1.7 18.7 204 34 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.2 14.70 4 850 1464 16.8 15.4 92 1.4 15.8 226 34 303.7 306.1 294.9 342.5 13.06 5 800 1979 13.3 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 240 30 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.5 10.74 6 750 2520 10.3 8.3 88 2.0 9.1 261 31 307.8 309.5 293.3 335.8 9.23 7 700 3092 7.2 5.5 89 1.6 6.2 262 33 310.4 312.0 293.2 335.5 8.15 8 650 3699 3.9 1.3 83 2.5 2.5 257 35 313.3 314.6 292.7 333.6 6.49 9 600 4346 0.6 -4.4 69 4.9 -1.9 256 34 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.6 4.61 10 550 5037 -5.1 -11.8 59 6.7 -7.7 267 35 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.4 2.82 11 500 5778 -10.1 -26.4 25 16.3 -14.3 267 36 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.89 12 450 6582 -15.6 -28.4 33 12.8 -18.6 270 36 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.82 13 400 7459 -21.1 -28.6 51 7.5 -22.7 273 38 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.8 0.91 14 350 8432 -27.8 -31.5 70 3.8 -28.5 263 45 331.3 331.5 292.9 334.2 0.78 15 300 9525 -34.5 -37.6 73 3.1 -34.9 255 52 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.7 0.50 16 250 10773 -45.0 -48.5 68 3.5 -45.2 256 60 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12217 -58.4 -62.6 59 4.1 -58.5 257 70 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14009 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.4 -61.9 277 57 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16521 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 278 44 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.60 m Freezing level: 594.99 mb = 4415.11 m = 14485.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4062.45 m = 13328.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.00 mb = 249.46 m = 818.42 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 21.43 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1446.38 m = 4745.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 40.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1048.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.03 mb = 1039.42 m = 3410.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.03 mb = 1893.92 m = 6213.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.03 mb = 12601.12 m = 41341.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1020.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.03 mb = 14990.25 m = 49180.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 410.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 409.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 8.77 Bulk Shear: 119.59 m/s