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: 41.48,-88.58 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -88.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 983 190 20.9 17.3 80 3.6 18.5 252 6 295.5 297.8 292.3 332.0 12.71 2 950 486 19.0 15.9 82 3.1 17.0 240 13 296.5 298.6 292.0 331.3 12.07 3 900 948 15.3 14.6 96 0.7 14.8 225 15 297.3 299.4 292.0 331.1 11.68 4 850 1431 12.4 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 214 16 299.1 301.1 291.7 330.1 10.60 5 800 1938 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.3 214 19 301.1 302.8 291.2 328.2 9.17 6 750 2471 6.3 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 229 24 303.4 304.8 290.8 326.8 7.81 7 700 3035 3.3 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 244 34 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.9 6.83 8 650 3632 -0.5 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.7 256 45 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.4 5.52 9 600 4268 -4.2 -8.1 74 3.9 -5.8 263 54 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.3 3.47 10 550 4948 -8.4 -18.4 44 10.0 -11.5 267 62 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.6 1.63 11 500 5682 -12.0 -25.7 31 13.7 -15.5 266 65 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.94 12 450 6481 -16.7 -40.4 11 23.6 -20.5 261 59 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 13 400 7351 -24.3 -37.7 28 13.4 -26.3 258 61 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37 14 350 8308 -32.1 -45.6 25 13.5 -33.3 255 64 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.19 15 300 9379 -39.8 -55.3 18 15.5 -40.6 257 67 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10599 -49.2 -57.4 38 8.1 -49.5 260 73 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.07 17 200 12029 -58.6 -66.7 35 8.0 -58.7 265 72 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 18 150 13839 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.3 268 53 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16414 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 261 25 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.10 m Freezing level: 656.92 mb = 3549.77 m = 11646.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.45 mb = 3516.09 m = 11535.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 648.86 m = 2128.77 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1023.53 m = 3358.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.33 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 476.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.36 mb = 916.07 m = 3005.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.36 mb = 1250.45 m = 4102.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.36 mb = 9643.44 m = 31638.18 ft B at Equ Level: 476.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.36 mb = 12749.34 m = 41828.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 4.64 Bulk Shear: 102.58 m/s