MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 38.44,-90.39 Latitude: 38.44 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 988 167 26.3 20.1 69 6.2 21.9 178 6 300.6 303.3 295.5 345.0 15.17 2 950 507 24.0 17.1 65 6.9 19.3 197 13 301.6 304.0 294.3 340.0 13.04 3 900 978 20.0 15.9 78 4.0 17.2 224 18 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.7 12.74 4 850 1469 17.1 12.1 73 4.9 13.9 258 26 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.4 10.51 5 800 1984 14.1 5.7 57 8.4 9.2 273 28 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.0 7.20 6 750 2524 10.0 2.2 58 7.9 5.8 278 29 307.5 308.6 290.5 325.8 5.98 7 700 3094 6.6 1.1 68 5.5 3.6 288 34 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.1 5.91 8 650 3699 2.9 -2.3 69 5.2 0.3 295 37 312.2 313.2 291.1 327.8 4.96 9 600 4341 -1.7 -5.5 75 3.8 -3.4 297 33 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.6 4.23 10 550 5029 -6.2 -11.6 65 5.4 -8.3 288 30 316.8 317.3 290.6 326.1 2.86 11 500 5767 -11.0 -19.2 51 8.2 -13.5 282 35 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.68 12 450 6569 -15.7 -26.4 39 10.8 -18.3 270 40 323.6 323.7 290.9 327.0 0.98 13 400 7446 -22.1 -36.5 26 14.4 -24.4 265 46 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.42 14 350 8411 -30.2 -45.5 21 15.3 -31.7 266 50 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.19 15 300 9488 -39.3 -47.9 40 8.6 -39.9 270 50 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.17 16 250 10709 -48.9 -54.1 55 5.2 -49.1 279 59 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 17 200 12140 -58.5 -64.8 44 6.3 -58.6 284 55 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 13935 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 286 46 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16461 -59.7 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 259 26 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.38 m Freezing level: 618.41 mb = 4104.92 m = 13467.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.56 mb = 3741.55 m = 12275.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.95 mb = 958.98 m = 3146.22 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1827.49 m = 5995.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1456.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.69 mb = 1351.29 m = 4433.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.69 mb = 2339.87 m = 7676.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.69 mb = 12243.77 m = 40169.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1443.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.69 mb = 14987.00 m = 49169.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 275.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 12.29 Bulk Shear: 118.46 m/s