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: 41.41,-91.21 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 984 192 21.9 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 239 7 296.4 299.0 293.8 338.0 14.42 2 950 496 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.7 240 11 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.8 13.39 3 900 958 15.4 12.0 80 3.4 13.3 259 22 297.4 299.2 290.6 325.9 9.82 4 850 1440 12.2 8.2 76 4.0 9.9 252 22 299.0 300.4 289.6 322.7 8.07 5 800 1946 9.4 9.2 98 0.3 9.3 254 20 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.2 9.14 6 750 2479 5.9 4.7 92 1.1 5.2 258 28 302.9 304.3 290.1 324.4 7.17 7 700 3041 2.4 1.1 91 1.3 1.7 259 37 305.1 306.2 289.7 323.1 5.92 8 650 3636 -1.1 -6.0 69 4.9 -3.3 261 39 307.7 308.4 288.6 319.5 3.76 9 600 4271 -3.8 -25.8 16 22.0 -9.7 273 44 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.4 0.78 10 550 4952 -7.8 -25.5 23 17.7 -12.5 278 51 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.87 11 500 5686 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.1 -16.7 275 54 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.5 0.41 12 450 6483 -17.6 -35.4 20 17.8 -20.7 273 60 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.42 13 400 7351 -24.7 -39.4 24 14.7 -26.7 271 62 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.31 14 350 8306 -32.7 -43.1 35 10.4 -33.7 266 67 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.24 15 300 9371 -41.5 -49.2 43 7.7 -41.9 270 73 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.14 16 250 10583 -51.0 -55.8 56 4.9 -51.1 275 80 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 17 200 12001 -58.3 -65.5 39 7.2 -58.4 280 75 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 13826 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.6 269 47 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16408 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 278 18 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.44 m Freezing level: 665.68 mb = 3449.27 m = 11316.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.74 mb = 3241.35 m = 10634.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.73 mb = 525.54 m = 1724.18 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1038.61 m = 3407.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.16 C = 73.70 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.77 mb = 884.18 m = 2900.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.77 mb = 1314.29 m = 4311.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.77 mb = 10769.29 m = 35331.88 ft B at Equ Level: 626.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.77 mb = 12929.60 m = 42419.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.4 neg: -11.3 tot: 151.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 6.90 Bulk Shear: 91.86 m/s