MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 40.91,-87.39 Latitude: 40.91 Longitude: -87.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -33 SFC 972 209 19.8 19.2 96 0.6 19.4 111 14 295.4 298.0 293.6 337.2 14.58 2 950 404 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.6 120 25 296.2 298.7 293.7 337.3 14.30 3 900 867 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 149 34 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.6 12.63 4 850 1352 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 173 31 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.6 11.12 5 800 1861 10.2 10.0 98 0.2 10.1 159 26 302.1 303.9 291.9 330.8 9.69 6 750 2397 8.1 6.9 92 1.2 7.4 148 29 305.4 306.9 291.9 330.5 8.34 7 700 2964 5.3 3.4 87 1.9 4.2 151 28 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.7 6.99 8 650 3566 1.9 -0.5 84 2.4 0.7 151 27 311.1 312.2 291.4 328.8 5.68 9 600 4208 -1.9 -4.5 82 2.6 -3.1 150 25 314.0 314.8 291.3 328.4 4.56 10 550 4896 -5.8 -9.3 76 3.5 -7.2 153 23 317.2 317.9 291.3 328.4 3.45 11 500 5636 -10.6 -14.3 74 3.7 -11.9 156 20 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.53 12 450 6439 -15.4 -20.1 67 4.7 -16.8 169 13 323.9 324.2 291.7 329.8 1.73 13 400 7319 -21.0 -27.3 57 6.3 -22.4 206 11 327.7 328.0 292.1 331.4 1.02 14 350 8290 -28.3 -39.0 35 10.7 -29.7 228 9 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.0 0.37 15 300 9376 -37.2 -42.4 58 5.3 -37.7 257 10 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.30 16 250 10609 -47.4 -51.6 62 4.2 -47.6 249 22 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 17 200 12046 -56.4 -67.8 22 11.4 -56.5 238 44 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13873 -55.5 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 257 48 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16437 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 267 33 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.36 m Freezing level: 624.89 mb = 3888.70 m = 12758.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3674.74 m = 12056.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.48 mb = 284.16 m = 932.27 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.91 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 705.39 m = 2314.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.75 C = 71.15 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 399.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.94 mb = 688.99 m = 2260.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.94 mb = 735.73 m = 2413.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.94 mb = 10242.04 m = 33602.08 ft B at Equ Level: 397.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.94 mb = 12577.44 m = 41264.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.4 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 182.4 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.6 neg: -31.0 tot: 172.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 23.31 Bulk Shear: 17.13 m/s