MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 38.16,-90.71 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -90.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 984 221 22.2 21.3 95 0.9 21.6 168 2 296.7 299.7 295.3 344.1 16.42 2 950 523 21.6 19.9 90 1.7 20.5 248 13 299.1 302.0 295.4 344.7 15.61 3 900 992 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.7 252 25 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.7 13.66 4 850 1482 16.0 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 250 31 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.5 9.99 5 800 1995 12.8 5.9 63 6.9 8.8 262 35 304.8 306.1 290.7 326.7 7.27 6 750 2534 9.9 2.3 59 7.6 5.7 275 36 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.01 7 700 3104 6.6 0.1 63 6.5 3.2 285 39 309.8 310.9 290.9 326.9 5.52 8 650 3708 2.0 -1.9 75 3.9 0.0 290 41 311.2 312.1 290.9 327.2 5.11 9 600 4348 -2.8 -5.1 84 2.3 -3.8 289 41 312.9 313.7 290.8 326.8 4.38 10 550 5033 -6.7 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.4 282 38 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.1 3.72 11 500 5771 -10.8 -12.6 87 1.8 -11.5 271 37 319.9 320.4 291.6 329.5 2.91 12 450 6573 -16.1 -18.3 83 2.2 -16.8 269 39 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.8 2.01 13 400 7449 -22.3 -24.9 80 2.6 -22.9 268 41 326.0 326.2 291.9 330.5 1.27 14 350 8416 -29.5 -32.5 75 3.0 -30.0 266 39 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.6 0.71 15 300 9498 -37.8 -41.1 71 3.3 -38.1 261 36 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10727 -48.1 -51.7 66 3.6 -48.3 258 34 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.0 0.13 17 200 12153 -60.3 -64.5 57 4.3 -60.3 270 41 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.03 18 150 13950 -59.4 -81.2 4 21.8 -59.6 279 43 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.00 19 100 16473 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.9 270 30 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.96 m Freezing level: 629.36 mb = 3971.74 m = 13030.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3710.67 m = 12173.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.50 mb = 328.74 m = 1078.54 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.44 mb = 1209.83 m = 3969.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1940.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.46 mb = 920.76 m = 3020.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.46 mb = 1557.45 m = 5109.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.46 mb = 12726.67 m = 41753.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1902.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.46 mb = 15742.33 m = 51647.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 311.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 21.89 Bulk Shear: 88.63 m/s