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: 41.74,-89.41 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 978 234 20.6 19.3 92 1.3 19.8 275 10 295.6 298.2 293.7 337.5 14.59 2 950 488 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 280 21 296.7 299.1 293.2 335.7 13.51 3 900 951 15.9 14.1 89 1.7 14.8 279 26 297.9 299.9 291.9 330.8 11.33 4 850 1435 12.7 11.8 94 0.9 12.1 272 28 299.5 301.3 291.6 329.6 10.28 5 800 1942 9.8 9.2 96 0.6 9.5 257 32 301.6 303.3 291.4 328.9 9.20 6 750 2477 6.7 6.4 97 0.4 6.5 247 36 303.9 305.4 291.2 328.0 8.04 7 700 3040 3.1 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 242 38 305.9 307.1 290.1 324.5 6.11 8 650 3637 -0.3 -6.0 66 5.6 -2.9 247 41 308.6 309.3 288.9 320.4 3.77 9 600 4273 -4.3 -7.5 78 3.3 -5.7 257 49 311.2 311.9 289.6 322.6 3.62 10 550 4953 -9.1 -10.2 92 1.0 -9.5 259 56 313.2 313.9 289.8 323.5 3.21 11 500 5684 -13.2 -18.2 66 5.1 -14.7 258 55 317.0 317.3 289.7 323.0 1.82 12 450 6480 -17.5 -30.2 32 12.7 -20.1 252 53 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.69 13 400 7349 -24.5 -39.5 24 15.0 -26.5 247 54 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.31 14 350 8305 -32.4 -45.9 25 13.5 -33.6 250 59 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.18 15 300 9374 -39.9 -54.5 20 14.5 -40.7 255 67 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 16 250 10593 -49.6 -57.7 38 8.1 -49.8 255 74 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.06 17 200 12023 -57.8 -67.6 28 9.7 -58.0 261 77 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 18 150 13827 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.3 277 61 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16405 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 261 30 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.54 m Freezing level: 655.01 mb = 3577.24 m = 11736.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.97 mb = 3297.87 m = 10819.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.52 mb = 392.68 m = 1288.29 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 984.27 m = 3229.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.23 mb = 882.61 m = 2895.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.23 mb = 1119.95 m = 3674.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.23 mb = 10795.21 m = 35416.92 ft B at Equ Level: 929.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.23 mb = 13335.18 m = 43750.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: -6.0 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.01 Bulk Shear: 77.80 m/s