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: 39.87,-90.18 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 984 181 23.7 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 229 6 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.1 15.11 2 950 491 22.0 18.5 81 3.5 19.6 233 16 299.5 302.1 294.6 341.2 14.28 3 900 959 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 240 20 300.3 302.8 294.7 341.4 14.04 4 850 1448 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 256 26 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.4 13.37 5 800 1962 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.8 266 33 304.9 307.1 294.2 339.6 11.60 6 750 2501 8.5 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 271 38 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.6 7.87 7 700 3068 5.0 0.9 75 4.1 2.8 274 43 308.0 309.1 290.6 325.9 5.84 8 650 3669 0.9 -0.1 93 0.9 0.4 277 48 309.9 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.87 9 600 4308 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.6 -3.6 280 54 312.8 313.7 290.9 327.3 4.59 10 550 4993 -7.0 -9.6 82 2.6 -8.1 282 53 315.7 316.4 290.7 326.6 3.36 11 500 5730 -10.5 -16.8 60 6.3 -12.6 280 49 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.1 2.05 12 450 6533 -15.7 -27.3 37 11.5 -18.5 271 47 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.6 0.91 13 400 7408 -23.0 -32.5 42 9.5 -24.7 265 51 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.62 14 350 8370 -30.8 -38.6 47 7.8 -31.8 264 57 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.39 15 300 9445 -39.4 -49.7 33 10.3 -40.0 265 64 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 16 250 10667 -48.9 -59.3 29 10.3 -49.3 267 61 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12097 -58.4 -66.6 34 8.1 -58.6 276 61 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 18 150 13895 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.3 278 59 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16441 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 270 29 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.36 m Freezing level: 638.36 mb = 3817.55 m = 12524.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3726.21 m = 12224.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.67 mb = 650.28 m = 2133.45 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 16.46 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1131.24 m = 3711.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.19 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1816.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.53 mb = 944.01 m = 3097.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.53 mb = 1685.17 m = 5528.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.53 mb = 12206.00 m = 40045.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1808.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.53 mb = 14963.54 m = 49092.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.45 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 125.21 m/s