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: 41.22,-87.63 Latitude: 41.22 Longitude: -87.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 982 208 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.5 267 8 293.6 296.0 292.4 332.4 13.64 2 950 492 17.0 16.7 98 0.3 16.8 277 19 294.4 296.7 291.9 330.8 12.70 3 900 953 15.3 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 256 22 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.7 11.92 4 850 1437 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 240 26 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.6 10.41 5 800 1944 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 237 27 301.2 302.9 291.1 327.9 9.04 6 750 2477 6.3 5.8 97 0.5 6.0 242 26 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.73 7 700 3040 3.1 2.4 95 0.7 2.7 253 26 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.6 6.49 8 650 3636 -1.0 -2.4 90 1.4 -1.7 252 35 307.9 308.8 289.7 323.1 4.93 9 600 4273 -3.6 -11.6 54 8.0 -6.7 256 44 311.9 312.4 288.9 320.4 2.62 10 550 4954 -8.4 -16.6 52 8.2 -11.1 261 58 314.1 314.5 288.9 320.4 1.90 11 500 5687 -11.7 -40.3 7 28.6 -16.6 264 61 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.23 12 450 6486 -17.3 -40.5 11 23.2 -20.9 263 62 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.25 13 400 7355 -24.7 -38.1 28 13.5 -26.6 258 63 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.36 14 350 8312 -31.7 -46.7 21 15.0 -33.0 253 68 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.16 15 300 9385 -39.4 -51.7 26 12.3 -40.1 252 72 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.11 16 250 10607 -49.1 -59.1 30 10.0 -49.4 255 78 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12038 -57.7 -68.0 26 10.3 -57.8 258 74 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 18 150 13847 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -56.9 272 53 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16418 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 264 28 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.62 m Freezing level: 662.09 mb = 3492.19 m = 11457.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.11 mb = 3403.24 m = 11165.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.65 mb = 273.03 m = 895.74 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 784.91 m = 2575.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 494.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.41 mb = 706.88 m = 2319.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.41 mb = 1226.40 m = 4023.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 291.41 mb = 9579.76 m = 31429.28 ft B at Equ Level: 492.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.41 mb = 12651.49 m = 41507.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 66.20 m/s