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: 41.89,-88.50 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 976 249 22.0 17.3 75 4.7 18.8 226 12 297.2 299.5 292.9 334.2 12.80 2 950 480 20.8 16.0 74 4.8 17.6 227 24 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.6 12.13 3 900 945 16.8 14.9 89 1.9 15.6 230 29 298.8 301.0 292.7 333.7 11.95 4 850 1430 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 236 32 300.4 302.5 292.8 334.0 11.46 5 800 1939 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 247 38 302.6 304.4 292.4 332.4 10.04 6 750 2476 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 252 44 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.1 8.71 7 700 3041 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 249 39 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.7 7.16 8 650 3641 0.5 -0.3 94 0.8 0.1 254 42 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.4 5.77 9 600 4278 -4.3 -8.1 75 3.8 -5.9 263 50 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.1 3.47 10 550 4958 -8.8 -14.1 65 5.3 -10.7 265 52 313.6 314.1 289.1 321.3 2.33 11 500 5689 -12.7 -26.6 30 13.9 -16.1 257 45 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.6 0.87 12 450 6486 -17.6 -30.6 31 13.0 -20.3 248 46 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.66 13 400 7354 -24.8 -36.7 32 11.9 -26.6 243 48 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.41 14 350 8309 -33.2 -40.6 47 7.4 -33.9 245 56 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.32 15 300 9373 -40.9 -50.6 35 9.6 -41.5 254 65 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.12 16 250 10589 -49.9 -58.5 36 8.6 -50.2 257 74 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06 17 200 12017 -57.8 -67.7 27 9.8 -58.0 262 76 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 18 150 13831 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.4 275 52 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16403 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 263 29 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.28 m Freezing level: 644.79 mb = 3707.13 m = 12162.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.34 mb = 3648.70 m = 11970.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.43 mb = 845.62 m = 2774.30 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.16 mb = 1289.57 m = 4230.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 26.14 C K Index: 39.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 963.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.83 mb = 1117.78 m = 3667.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.83 mb = 1661.95 m = 5452.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.83 mb = 10935.33 m = 35876.61 ft B at Equ Level: 956.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.83 mb = 13550.08 m = 44455.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.4 neg: -27.6 tot: 210.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 13.94 Bulk Shear: 69.11 m/s