MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.84,-90.96 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -90.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 318 22.2 20.9 92 1.3 21.2 212 12 298.1 301.0 295.6 345.3 16.25 2 950 480 21.0 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 217 22 298.5 301.4 295.6 345.2 16.07 3 900 948 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.8 237 44 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.7 15.24 4 850 1438 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 251 51 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.5 12.86 5 800 1951 13.2 10.4 83 2.9 11.4 267 49 305.3 307.1 293.1 335.1 9.94 6 750 2493 12.1 5.0 62 7.1 8.0 275 50 309.8 311.1 292.3 332.2 7.31 7 700 3069 8.6 -0.8 51 9.5 3.7 276 46 312.1 313.0 291.2 328.2 5.14 8 650 3677 5.2 -17.2 18 22.5 -3.0 277 45 314.9 315.2 288.7 320.0 1.52 9 600 4325 1.3 -25.4 12 26.7 -6.7 277 60 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.5 0.81 10 550 5018 -3.6 -31.4 9 27.8 -10.5 277 65 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.50 11 500 5763 -7.9 -42.1 4 34.2 -14.2 276 59 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.19 12 450 6574 -12.9 -52.9 2 40.0 -18.2 277 48 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.2 0.06 13 400 7459 -19.7 -52.3 4 32.6 -23.3 279 41 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 14 350 8432 -28.1 -51.2 9 23.1 -30.2 278 43 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.10 15 300 9519 -36.7 -59.0 8 22.3 -37.8 270 48 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.04 16 250 10755 -46.0 -62.1 15 16.0 -46.5 264 50 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.04 17 200 12207 -54.9 -68.7 17 13.8 -55.1 263 54 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14021 -59.7 -79.1 6 19.4 -59.9 269 61 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16532 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 264 38 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.69 m Freezing level: 586.49 mb = 4512.02 m = 14803.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.66 mb = 3395.59 m = 11140.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.24 mb = 478.21 m = 1568.92 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.80 mb = 950.27 m = 3117.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 29.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1253.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.75 mb = 836.16 m = 2743.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.75 mb = 1075.51 m = 3528.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 756.75 mb = 2418.27 m = 7933.87 ft B at Equ Level: 45.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.75 mb = 15064.42 m = 49423.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 623.8 neg: -12.6 tot: 611.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.82 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 189.25 m/s