MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.07,-85.72 Latitude: 38.07 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 994 172 26.1 22.6 81 3.5 23.5 257 4 299.8 303.0 296.9 351.2 17.59 2 950 569 21.1 20.4 96 0.7 20.6 264 6 298.6 301.6 295.6 345.5 16.09 3 900 1037 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 258 19 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.0 12.80 4 850 1525 15.9 11.6 75 4.3 13.1 276 22 302.8 304.7 292.5 332.9 10.12 5 800 2038 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 11.9 269 26 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.6 10.78 6 750 2579 10.2 6.1 76 4.1 7.8 278 27 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.6 7.89 7 700 3151 7.5 3.9 78 3.6 5.4 263 26 310.8 312.1 292.6 333.2 7.26 8 650 3758 3.8 -1.2 70 4.9 1.2 265 26 313.2 314.3 291.8 330.3 5.42 9 600 4403 0.0 -8.9 51 9.0 -3.9 275 26 316.1 316.8 290.7 326.6 3.24 10 550 5094 -4.8 -13.7 50 8.9 -8.2 277 24 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.4 2.41 11 500 5836 -9.7 -20.7 40 11.0 -13.1 280 30 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.2 1.47 12 450 6642 -14.2 -34.3 17 20.0 -18.3 285 34 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.47 13 400 7526 -19.3 -51.0 4 31.7 -23.1 304 28 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.09 14 350 8502 -27.2 -48.7 11 21.5 -29.4 322 35 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 15 300 9593 -35.6 -47.8 28 12.2 -36.7 298 46 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.17 16 250 10837 -45.3 -56.8 26 11.5 -45.7 291 53 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.07 17 200 12284 -55.9 -63.2 40 7.2 -56.1 299 73 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14083 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.6 274 39 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16580 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.6 259 33 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.96 m Freezing level: 599.77 mb = 4406.57 m = 14457.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.31 mb = 3904.35 m = 12809.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.59 mb = 618.65 m = 2029.66 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 932.18 m = 3058.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1278.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.36 mb = 852.63 m = 2797.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.36 mb = 1090.30 m = 3577.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.36 mb = 12463.09 m = 40888.91 ft B at Equ Level: 1262.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.36 mb = 15237.48 m = 49991.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: -26.3 tot: 52.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 30.48 Bulk Shear: 41.94 m/s