MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.23,-90.84 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -90.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 199 20.8 18.9 89 1.9 19.5 222 7 295.3 297.8 293.2 335.7 14.08 2 950 497 17.1 16.9 99 0.2 17.0 227 12 294.6 296.9 292.1 331.4 12.89 3 900 959 16.1 11.0 72 5.1 13.0 253 23 298.1 299.8 290.2 324.9 9.19 4 850 1443 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.1 260 22 299.3 301.0 290.7 326.4 9.22 5 800 1949 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.1 261 22 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.7 9.02 6 750 2482 6.4 5.1 92 1.2 5.7 261 30 303.5 304.9 290.5 325.6 7.39 7 700 3045 2.7 0.7 87 2.0 1.7 262 37 305.5 306.6 289.7 323.1 5.78 8 650 3641 -0.9 -5.8 69 4.9 -3.1 268 38 308.0 308.7 288.7 319.9 3.81 9 600 4276 -3.6 -23.7 19 20.1 -9.3 276 42 312.0 312.1 287.1 315.1 0.94 10 550 4958 -7.6 -24.8 24 17.2 -12.2 280 47 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.3 0.93 11 500 5693 -11.6 -31.8 17 20.2 -16.0 272 51 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.53 12 450 6491 -17.4 -34.4 21 17.0 -20.5 271 54 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.46 13 400 7360 -24.7 -39.6 24 14.9 -26.7 271 58 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.31 14 350 8315 -32.5 -43.4 33 10.8 -33.6 265 65 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.24 15 300 9380 -41.5 -47.8 51 6.3 -41.9 270 71 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 16 250 10592 -50.9 -55.9 55 5.0 -51.0 276 77 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 17 200 12011 -58.4 -65.7 38 7.4 -58.5 280 73 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 18 150 13833 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.5 -57.3 269 50 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16411 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 266 19 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.81 m Freezing level: 662.19 mb = 3495.52 m = 11468.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.11 mb = 3253.23 m = 10673.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.94 mb = 434.34 m = 1424.97 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1273.28 m = 4177.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.68 mb = 943.28 m = 3094.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.68 mb = 1776.62 m = 5828.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.68 mb = 10162.52 m = 33341.21 ft B at Equ Level: 284.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.68 mb = 12116.77 m = 39752.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: -3.0 tot: 170.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 3.05 Bulk Shear: 94.52 m/s