MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 41.20,-90.52 Latitude: 41.20 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 980 224 22.4 19.8 86 2.5 20.6 288 8 297.2 300.0 294.5 340.8 15.04 2 950 491 21.1 17.6 81 3.5 18.7 290 19 298.6 301.0 293.7 337.6 13.43 3 900 957 17.5 15.6 89 1.8 16.3 279 24 299.5 301.8 293.3 336.1 12.52 4 850 1444 13.8 13.4 98 0.4 13.6 270 26 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.45 5 800 1953 10.3 8.6 89 1.7 9.3 256 28 302.1 303.8 291.2 328.4 8.83 6 750 2487 7.0 2.8 74 4.2 4.7 245 31 304.2 305.3 289.7 323.0 6.23 7 700 3051 3.6 -3.2 61 6.7 0.3 251 36 306.4 307.2 288.6 319.8 4.32 8 650 3648 -0.1 -10.6 45 10.5 -4.3 261 43 308.8 309.3 287.8 317.1 2.62 9 600 4284 -4.2 -5.3 92 1.0 -4.7 260 53 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.8 4.31 10 550 4965 -8.9 -11.1 83 2.3 -9.7 264 55 313.6 314.1 289.7 323.2 2.97 11 500 5696 -13.4 -21.7 50 8.2 -15.7 264 55 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.35 12 450 6492 -17.6 -35.7 19 18.1 -20.8 263 56 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.6 0.41 13 400 7361 -24.5 -40.0 23 15.5 -26.6 260 58 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.30 14 350 8318 -31.4 -48.9 16 17.5 -32.9 261 63 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.13 15 300 9393 -38.8 -55.1 16 16.3 -39.7 259 66 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.07 16 250 10616 -48.9 -58.8 31 9.9 -49.2 256 71 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 17 200 12049 -57.5 -68.2 25 10.7 -57.6 261 71 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 13843 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.2 -59.0 278 67 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16416 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 265 30 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.57 m Freezing level: 651.76 mb = 3627.30 m = 11900.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.62 mb = 3090.17 m = 10138.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.53 mb = 540.93 m = 1774.67 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1132.83 m = 3716.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.00 C = 76.99 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.85 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1430.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.32 mb = 1001.83 m = 3286.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.32 mb = 1242.85 m = 4077.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.32 mb = 11427.50 m = 37491.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1420.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.32 mb = 14266.33 m = 46804.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 16.44 Bulk Shear: 87.05 m/s