MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.81,-90.92 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -90.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 994 190 20.3 19.5 95 0.8 19.8 181 2 294.0 296.6 293.2 335.3 14.49 2 950 579 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 205 5 296.7 298.8 292.2 331.6 12.09 3 900 1043 16.9 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 229 10 298.9 301.4 293.9 338.1 13.45 4 850 1530 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 247 12 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.93 5 800 2040 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.2 254 14 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.0 10.25 6 750 2579 9.1 7.4 89 1.7 8.0 250 21 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.6 8.64 7 700 3149 6.7 2.0 72 4.7 4.1 245 22 309.9 311.0 291.5 329.3 6.31 8 650 3754 2.5 -4.2 61 6.7 -0.7 261 22 311.8 312.6 290.4 325.4 4.31 9 600 4395 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.1 -3.6 267 24 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.3 4.31 10 550 5082 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -7.9 271 28 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.0 3.03 11 500 5822 -10.1 -15.5 65 5.4 -12.0 272 36 320.8 321.2 291.3 328.5 2.30 12 450 6627 -14.7 -23.9 45 9.2 -17.1 265 32 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.23 13 400 7508 -21.2 -28.5 52 7.3 -22.8 260 26 327.5 327.6 291.9 330.7 0.91 14 350 8479 -27.3 -30.2 76 2.9 -27.8 264 33 332.0 332.2 293.1 335.2 0.89 15 300 9569 -36.1 -39.3 72 3.2 -36.4 273 44 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.1 0.42 16 250 10811 -45.0 -48.6 67 3.6 -45.2 254 71 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12261 -56.7 -61.2 57 4.4 -56.8 260 93 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14062 -59.9 -78.8 7 18.9 -60.1 288 75 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -64.7 -88.7 2 23.9 -64.9 269 39 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.10 m Freezing level: 623.35 mb = 4095.34 m = 13435.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.72 mb = 3657.21 m = 11998.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.17 mb = 291.89 m = 957.63 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 12.73 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1244.77 m = 4083.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.51 mb = 858.62 m = 2816.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.51 mb = 3697.07 m = 12129.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.51 mb = 7986.58 m = 26202.38 ft B at Equ Level: 138.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.51 mb = 10426.49 m = 34207.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 46.62 m/s