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: 41.32,-89.00 Latitude: 41.32 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 194 24.3 17.2 65 7.1 19.5 223 13 299.0 301.3 293.3 336.0 12.70 2 950 488 22.4 15.6 65 6.8 17.9 228 26 299.9 302.1 293.0 334.6 11.83 3 900 956 18.2 14.1 77 4.0 15.5 235 32 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.5 11.33 4 850 1442 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.4 240 36 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.6 11.24 5 800 1952 10.6 10.2 97 0.5 10.3 250 41 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.5 9.79 6 750 2487 7.2 5.8 91 1.4 6.4 253 40 304.4 305.9 291.0 327.7 7.75 7 700 3052 3.6 0.0 77 3.6 1.8 253 40 306.5 307.5 289.8 323.3 5.48 8 650 3650 0.4 -5.5 65 5.9 -2.3 264 42 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.7 3.91 9 600 4287 -4.0 -7.3 78 3.3 -5.4 267 45 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.2 3.69 10 550 4969 -8.0 -11.5 76 3.5 -9.4 269 49 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.9 2.88 11 500 5702 -12.5 -18.6 60 6.1 -14.4 261 43 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.7 1.76 12 450 6500 -17.5 -30.4 32 12.9 -20.1 251 41 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.68 13 400 7369 -24.4 -38.7 25 14.4 -26.3 248 45 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.34 14 350 8324 -32.9 -41.1 44 8.1 -33.8 253 52 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.30 15 300 9391 -40.6 -51.7 29 11.2 -41.2 260 62 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.11 16 250 10609 -49.5 -58.7 33 9.2 -49.8 261 72 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12039 -57.7 -67.6 27 9.9 -57.9 265 74 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 18 150 13846 -57.2 -83.1 2 25.9 -57.5 278 56 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16413 -57.0 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 265 31 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.59 m Freezing level: 645.62 mb = 3705.35 m = 12156.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.02 mb = 3309.04 m = 10856.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1089.19 m = 3573.40 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.96 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.10 mb = 1441.26 m = 4728.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.67 mb = 1355.81 m = 4448.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.67 mb = 1605.20 m = 5266.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.67 mb = 11041.83 m = 36226.04 ft B at Equ Level: 975.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.67 mb = 13694.09 m = 44927.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 240.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 14.43 Bulk Shear: 68.35 m/s