MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.8,-88.53 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 974 234 23.1 16.2 65 6.8 18.5 264 8 298.5 300.6 292.6 333.4 12.00 2 950 449 21.2 14.5 65 6.7 16.8 264 12 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.7 10.97 3 900 914 16.6 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 261 14 298.7 300.6 291.8 330.3 10.84 4 850 1398 12.5 12.3 99 0.2 12.4 259 16 299.3 301.2 291.8 330.4 10.64 5 800 1904 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.4 259 24 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.6 8.63 6 750 2434 3.8 2.4 91 1.4 3.1 267 31 300.7 301.8 288.3 318.8 6.08 7 700 2990 0.8 -7.4 54 8.2 -2.7 273 35 303.3 303.9 286.4 313.0 3.13 8 650 3583 -1.1 -27.1 12 26.0 -7.9 272 42 307.7 307.8 285.2 309.8 0.64 9 600 4217 -4.0 -33.9 8 29.9 -10.5 270 51 311.5 311.6 286.3 312.8 0.36 10 550 4898 -8.1 -33.8 11 25.6 -13.5 267 65 314.5 314.5 287.4 315.9 0.40 11 500 5630 -13.0 -33.5 16 20.5 -17.0 263 75 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.8 0.45 12 450 6425 -18.2 -40.3 13 22.1 -21.5 260 77 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.25 13 400 7291 -25.3 -46.1 13 20.8 -27.5 261 78 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.15 14 350 8244 -33.0 -45.5 28 12.5 -34.1 260 80 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.19 15 300 9310 -41.4 -50.3 38 8.9 -41.9 257 85 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.13 16 250 10522 -49.8 -60.5 27 10.7 -50.1 256 75 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 11967 -52.3 -75.3 5 23.0 -52.7 247 44 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13812 -54.6 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 254 50 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16403 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 240 30 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.44 m Freezing level: 679.73 mb = 3230.76 m = 10599.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.30 mb = 2726.26 m = 8944.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.34 C = 75.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.00 mb = 1094.61 m = 3591.20 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 20.53 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.69 mb = 1351.35 m = 4433.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.83 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.81 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 29.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.12 mb = 1287.91 m = 4225.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.12 mb = 1436.15 m = 4711.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.12 mb = 10106.47 m = 33157.31 ft B at Equ Level: 716.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.12 mb = 12428.50 m = 40775.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.2 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 296.2 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 5.81 Bulk Shear: 123.76 m/s