MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.91,-93.51 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 981 234 27.3 21.2 69 6.1 22.9 222 13 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.4 16.35 2 950 515 23.1 18.6 76 4.5 19.9 224 17 300.6 303.3 295.0 342.7 14.33 3 900 985 20.9 12.4 58 8.5 15.4 249 27 303.0 304.9 292.5 332.9 10.07 4 850 1477 18.2 9.8 58 8.4 13.0 265 26 305.2 306.9 292.3 332.2 8.98 5 800 1993 14.8 3.5 47 11.3 8.5 278 23 306.9 308.1 290.5 325.8 6.18 6 750 2535 10.2 2.3 58 7.8 5.8 283 24 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.1 6.04 7 700 3104 5.6 1.0 72 4.6 3.2 291 33 308.7 309.8 290.8 326.8 5.88 8 650 3705 1.4 -2.1 78 3.5 -0.3 299 37 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.05 9 600 4345 -2.6 -6.6 74 4.0 -4.4 307 42 313.1 313.8 290.4 325.4 3.88 10 550 5031 -6.5 -14.3 54 7.9 -9.4 304 41 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.0 2.30 11 500 5770 -9.9 -23.2 33 13.3 -13.7 287 44 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.1 1.18 12 450 6573 -15.9 -30.9 26 15.1 -19.1 279 46 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.64 13 400 7449 -22.3 -36.3 27 14.0 -24.6 276 49 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.43 14 350 8413 -30.2 -40.7 35 10.5 -31.4 281 51 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.31 15 300 9490 -39.4 -48.7 37 9.3 -40.0 279 50 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.15 16 250 10708 -50.0 -59.0 34 9.0 -50.3 277 50 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 12133 -57.9 -67.6 28 9.6 -58.1 289 55 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 18 150 13929 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 284 54 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16460 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 296 35 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.53 m Freezing level: 632.82 mb = 3925.30 m = 12878.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.76 mb = 3646.22 m = 11962.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.46 mb = 1009.00 m = 3310.31 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 24.60 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2108.64 m = 6918.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.25 C = 90.05 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1338.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.00 mb = 1497.11 m = 4911.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.00 mb = 2611.89 m = 8569.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.00 mb = 12038.12 m = 39494.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1325.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.00 mb = 14680.12 m = 48162.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.6 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 317.6 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 12.20 Bulk Shear: 109.68 m/s