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: 40.34,-90.00 Latitude: 40.34 Longitude: -90.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 987 155 21.8 20.0 90 1.8 20.6 264 9 296.0 298.7 294.1 339.4 15.08 2 950 489 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.1 262 17 297.2 299.8 294.1 339.0 14.45 3 900 954 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 255 19 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.0 13.66 4 850 1442 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 253 23 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.50 5 800 1954 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 256 28 304.2 306.2 293.7 337.4 11.14 6 750 2493 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.8 259 33 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.41 7 700 3061 5.0 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 266 41 308.0 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.51 8 650 3662 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 273 50 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.4 5.85 9 600 4299 -3.5 -3.8 98 0.3 -3.7 280 55 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.2 4.81 10 550 4983 -7.1 -7.3 98 0.2 -7.2 278 57 315.6 316.4 291.3 328.5 4.00 11 500 5720 -11.5 -12.2 94 0.7 -11.8 275 59 319.0 319.6 291.4 328.9 3.00 12 450 6520 -16.2 -19.9 73 3.7 -17.3 271 54 322.8 323.2 291.4 328.8 1.75 13 400 7396 -22.8 -30.0 52 7.2 -24.2 264 54 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.2 0.79 14 350 8357 -31.5 -40.8 39 9.4 -32.5 260 58 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.31 15 300 9429 -39.6 -53.2 22 13.7 -40.3 263 62 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.09 16 250 10652 -48.9 -57.6 36 8.7 -49.2 265 65 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12081 -58.1 -66.6 33 8.5 -58.2 273 66 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.9 0.02 18 150 13880 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 277 59 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16437 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 265 27 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.98 m Freezing level: 646.29 mb = 3708.81 m = 12167.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.96 mb = 3674.35 m = 12054.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.22 mb = 378.69 m = 1242.40 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 819.12 m = 2687.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 26.22 C K Index: 40.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1464.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.49 mb = 714.10 m = 2342.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.49 mb = 1238.54 m = 4063.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.49 mb = 11753.58 m = 38561.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1460.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.49 mb = 14758.83 m = 48420.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 208.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.60 Bulk Shear: 93.88 m/s