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: 41.91,-88.07 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 979 222 24.2 15.2 57 9.0 18.2 218 15 299.2 301.2 292.2 331.8 11.16 2 950 482 21.6 14.1 62 7.6 16.7 220 25 299.2 301.1 291.8 330.4 10.68 3 900 947 17.2 13.0 76 4.2 14.5 222 29 299.2 301.1 291.7 329.8 10.49 4 850 1432 13.0 11.7 92 1.3 12.1 234 35 299.7 301.6 291.6 329.6 10.18 5 800 1940 10.2 9.4 95 0.8 9.7 251 41 302.0 303.8 291.6 329.6 9.30 6 750 2475 7.2 6.1 92 1.1 6.6 252 41 304.4 305.9 291.2 328.1 7.88 7 700 3040 3.8 1.8 87 1.9 2.7 246 40 306.7 307.8 290.5 325.7 6.25 8 650 3639 0.5 -2.6 80 3.1 -1.0 252 41 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.7 4.87 9 600 4276 -3.4 -7.4 74 3.9 -5.1 264 46 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.8 3.66 10 550 4959 -8.0 -14.1 62 6.1 -10.2 263 45 314.5 315.0 289.4 322.2 2.33 11 500 5692 -12.5 -31.5 19 19.0 -16.6 251 40 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.55 12 450 6488 -18.0 -34.9 21 16.9 -21.0 245 44 320.6 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.44 13 400 7356 -24.6 -41.7 19 17.1 -26.8 241 47 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.25 14 350 8310 -33.2 -39.6 53 6.4 -33.9 245 53 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.3 0.35 15 300 9375 -41.0 -50.8 34 9.8 -41.6 254 62 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.12 16 250 10590 -49.8 -58.3 36 8.6 -50.0 257 72 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.06 17 200 12020 -57.8 -67.5 28 9.7 -58.0 261 73 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 18 150 13832 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.7 273 50 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16402 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 263 27 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.62 m Freezing level: 643.68 mb = 3719.25 m = 12202.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.80 mb = 3468.99 m = 11381.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.31 mb = 1359.48 m = 4460.17 ft T: 13.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.64 mb = 1615.13 m = 5298.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.19 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 384.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.31 mb = 1448.81 m = 4753.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.31 mb = 2329.32 m = 7642.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.31 mb = 9996.14 m = 32795.35 ft B at Equ Level: 380.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.31 mb = 12234.06 m = 40137.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.6 neg: -22.1 tot: 221.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 67.15 m/s