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: 41.66,-88.22 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 981 203 23.4 15.9 63 7.5 18.4 213 14 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.1 11.68 2 950 486 21.2 14.3 65 6.9 16.7 216 25 298.7 300.7 291.8 330.3 10.82 3 900 951 17.1 12.3 74 4.7 14.1 221 30 299.1 300.9 291.3 328.5 10.06 4 850 1436 13.5 11.6 89 1.9 12.3 238 38 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.1 10.16 5 800 1945 10.7 9.2 90 1.5 9.8 253 41 302.6 304.3 291.7 329.9 9.20 6 750 2481 7.6 5.1 84 2.6 6.2 252 40 304.9 306.2 290.9 327.0 7.34 7 700 3046 4.2 -0.0 74 4.2 2.0 249 39 307.1 308.1 289.9 323.9 5.46 8 650 3645 0.8 -5.3 63 6.2 -2.0 260 42 309.9 310.7 289.5 322.3 3.95 9 600 4283 -3.7 -8.9 67 5.2 -5.9 271 48 311.8 312.4 289.4 322.2 3.25 10 550 4965 -8.1 -14.7 59 6.6 -10.4 267 45 314.5 314.9 289.3 321.8 2.22 11 500 5698 -12.3 -29.4 22 17.2 -16.2 252 39 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.4 0.67 12 450 6494 -18.0 -36.0 19 18.0 -21.1 245 42 320.7 320.7 289.4 322.1 0.39 13 400 7362 -24.6 -39.9 23 15.4 -26.6 243 46 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.2 0.30 14 350 8317 -33.0 -39.4 53 6.4 -33.7 249 52 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.36 15 300 9383 -40.8 -51.4 31 10.6 -41.4 257 61 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 16 250 10600 -49.5 -58.4 35 8.9 -49.8 259 71 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 17 200 12030 -57.7 -67.7 27 10.1 -57.8 263 72 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 18 150 13840 -56.9 -84.6 2 27.8 -57.2 275 52 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16406 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 263 28 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.15 m Freezing level: 640.78 mb = 3762.79 m = 12344.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.12 mb = 3338.78 m = 10953.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.28 mb = 1148.58 m = 3768.28 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.70 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1770.52 m = 5808.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.37 mb = 1412.43 m = 4633.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.37 mb = 2960.44 m = 9712.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.37 mb = 9669.97 m = 31725.23 ft B at Equ Level: 282.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.37 mb = 11798.08 m = 38707.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.1 neg: -16.6 tot: 264.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 83.00 m/s