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: 42.13,-88.18 Latitude: 42.13 Longitude: -88.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 976 246 25.3 15.7 55 9.7 18.9 206 16 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.4 11.53 2 950 482 22.1 14.1 60 8.0 16.9 208 24 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.0 10.72 3 900 948 17.5 13.1 75 4.4 14.7 210 27 299.5 301.5 291.9 330.5 10.59 4 850 1434 13.0 11.5 91 1.5 12.1 219 31 299.8 301.6 291.6 329.4 10.10 5 800 1942 10.0 9.3 96 0.7 9.6 238 36 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.2 9.25 6 750 2476 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 242 34 304.1 305.5 291.1 327.8 7.93 7 700 3041 3.8 2.5 91 1.3 3.1 247 32 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.6 6.54 8 650 3640 0.5 -1.2 88 1.7 -0.4 255 33 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.2 5.38 9 600 4277 -3.2 -4.2 93 1.0 -3.7 267 38 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.2 4.68 10 550 4962 -7.3 -12.9 65 5.5 -9.4 263 35 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.8 2.58 11 500 5696 -12.4 -32.9 16 20.5 -16.6 258 37 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.6 0.48 12 450 6493 -17.1 -36.3 17 19.3 -20.4 254 42 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.2 0.38 13 400 7363 -24.6 -38.8 25 14.3 -26.5 257 47 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.33 14 350 8318 -32.7 -36.5 69 3.8 -33.1 252 50 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.5 0.48 15 300 9384 -41.5 -45.3 67 3.7 -41.8 254 58 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.22 16 250 10595 -50.7 -56.2 53 5.4 -50.9 263 63 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.08 17 200 12017 -58.2 -66.2 35 8.0 -58.3 266 69 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 13829 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 270 53 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16389 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 271 26 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.86 m Freezing level: 643.43 mb = 3723.27 m = 12215.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3569.62 m = 11711.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.98 mb = 1463.41 m = 4801.16 ft T: 12.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1575.34 m = 5168.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 480.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.60 mb = 1496.92 m = 4911.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.60 mb = 1748.99 m = 5738.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.60 mb = 10630.66 m = 34877.05 ft B at Equ Level: 476.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.60 mb = 12730.06 m = 41764.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 201.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 60.32 m/s