MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.89,-88.05 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 980 219 25.4 14.9 52 10.4 18.4 209 15 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.3 10.94 2 950 488 21.9 13.9 60 8.1 16.7 211 23 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.3 10.53 3 900 954 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.4 213 25 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.8 10.39 4 850 1439 13.2 10.6 84 2.6 11.6 224 28 300.0 301.7 291.1 327.8 9.47 5 800 1947 10.1 7.8 86 2.3 8.8 239 30 302.0 303.5 290.8 326.7 8.34 6 750 2482 6.8 6.0 95 0.8 6.3 246 29 304.0 305.4 291.0 327.5 7.85 7 700 3046 3.9 1.7 86 2.2 2.7 253 28 306.7 307.9 290.5 325.6 6.18 8 650 3645 0.4 -1.6 87 2.0 -0.6 262 32 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.7 5.25 9 600 4283 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 273 36 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.4 4.71 10 550 4967 -7.4 -10.0 82 2.6 -8.5 267 31 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.8 3.25 11 500 5702 -12.3 -25.7 32 13.4 -15.7 260 34 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.3 0.94 12 450 6501 -16.8 -33.2 23 16.5 -20.0 256 38 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.52 13 400 7371 -24.5 -38.6 26 14.1 -26.5 259 43 323.2 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.34 14 350 8326 -32.4 -35.9 71 3.5 -32.9 252 47 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.51 15 300 9394 -41.4 -44.6 71 3.2 -41.6 255 55 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.24 16 250 10605 -50.6 -55.2 58 4.6 -50.8 264 61 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.09 17 200 12028 -57.9 -66.8 31 8.9 -58.0 266 67 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 18 150 13838 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 271 54 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16395 -55.7 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 269 25 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.77 m Freezing level: 644.52 mb = 3714.86 m = 12187.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.52 mb = 3527.45 m = 11572.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.77 mb = 1530.75 m = 5022.10 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.63 mb = 1703.36 m = 5588.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.25 mb = 1526.00 m = 5006.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.25 mb = 2090.93 m = 6859.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.25 mb = 10186.49 m = 33419.83 ft B at Equ Level: 301.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.25 mb = 12147.22 m = 39852.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 5.86 Bulk Shear: 51.44 m/s