MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 34.85,-87.37 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 986 194 24.3 21.0 82 3.3 21.9 209 8 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.4 16.07 2 950 520 23.6 20.4 82 3.2 21.3 234 26 301.2 304.1 296.3 348.5 16.09 3 900 992 20.7 20.0 96 0.7 20.2 252 40 302.8 305.9 297.0 351.8 16.52 4 850 1485 17.6 13.8 79 3.7 15.1 264 35 304.5 306.7 294.3 339.7 11.78 5 800 2001 15.1 6.4 56 8.8 9.9 263 31 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.2 7.54 6 750 2544 11.9 1.5 49 10.4 6.2 267 32 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.2 5.71 7 700 3119 8.7 -2.8 44 11.5 2.9 266 37 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.2 4.45 8 650 3727 5.2 -13.1 25 18.3 -2.2 256 40 314.9 315.3 289.3 321.9 2.14 9 600 4374 0.5 -11.3 41 11.8 -4.4 251 45 316.7 317.2 290.4 325.5 2.69 10 550 5065 -5.4 -10.0 70 4.6 -7.3 249 51 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.3 3.25 11 500 5805 -10.5 -15.2 69 4.6 -12.2 251 57 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.1 2.35 12 450 6608 -15.6 -17.8 83 2.2 -16.3 263 57 323.6 324.0 291.9 330.8 2.10 13 400 7488 -20.9 -22.7 86 1.8 -21.4 268 54 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.55 14 350 8462 -26.3 -28.8 80 2.4 -26.8 282 50 333.2 333.4 293.6 336.9 1.01 15 300 9557 -34.8 -37.8 74 3.0 -35.2 275 33 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.49 16 250 10803 -44.9 -48.7 65 3.8 -45.1 267 29 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.18 17 200 12253 -56.3 -60.8 57 4.5 -56.3 258 41 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14041 -61.8 -79.0 8 17.2 -62.0 293 74 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16533 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 267 40 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.62 m Freezing level: 595.75 mb = 4433.21 m = 14544.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.65 mb = 3458.08 m = 11345.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.42 mb = 608.31 m = 1995.75 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 29.85 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.59 mb = 1228.92 m = 4031.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.36 C K Index: 30.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2057.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.41 mb = 949.09 m = 3113.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.41 mb = 1693.46 m = 5555.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.41 mb = 12927.95 m = 42414.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2035.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.41 mb = 15980.10 m = 52427.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 248.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.19 Bulk Rich Number: 30.95 Bulk Shear: 66.49 m/s