MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.89,-88.64 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -88.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 992 136 20.2 19.8 98 0.4 19.9 175 8 294.0 296.7 293.4 336.2 14.80 2 950 508 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.4 176 27 296.0 298.5 293.5 336.6 14.13 3 900 972 17.5 15.0 85 2.5 15.8 213 24 299.6 301.7 292.9 334.6 11.97 4 850 1459 14.6 11.8 84 2.7 12.9 241 18 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.8 10.30 5 800 1969 11.5 7.0 74 4.5 8.9 265 23 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.0 7.87 6 750 2506 8.5 2.9 68 5.6 5.4 269 26 305.8 307.0 290.2 324.9 6.28 7 700 3073 4.9 0.4 72 4.5 2.6 268 27 308.0 309.0 290.3 325.3 5.64 8 650 3674 1.2 -1.4 83 2.6 -0.1 270 43 310.3 311.4 290.8 326.9 5.32 9 600 4314 -2.4 -6.2 75 3.9 -4.1 270 51 313.4 314.1 290.6 326.1 4.00 10 550 4999 -7.0 -13.0 62 6.0 -9.2 263 55 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.2 2.56 11 500 5736 -11.4 -17.2 62 5.8 -13.3 259 58 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.8 1.98 12 450 6536 -16.5 -18.8 82 2.3 -17.2 257 61 322.5 322.8 291.5 329.0 1.92 13 400 7410 -22.7 -29.1 56 6.3 -24.0 257 64 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.87 14 350 8377 -28.7 -49.2 12 20.5 -30.6 255 61 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9464 -36.7 -54.6 14 17.9 -37.8 250 59 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.08 16 250 10697 -46.9 -62.0 16 15.1 -47.4 257 67 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12141 -56.2 -68.2 21 12.0 -56.3 263 81 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 13928 -64.1 -76.7 16 12.6 -64.3 270 70 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16452 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 261 20 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.51 m Freezing level: 633.01 mb = 3891.39 m = 12766.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.81 mb = 3651.32 m = 11979.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.45 mb = 183.76 m = 602.87 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 11.69 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.40 mb = 1130.36 m = 3708.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.64 mb = 712.18 m = 2336.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.64 mb = 1941.60 m = 6369.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.64 mb = 9867.17 m = 32372.21 ft B at Equ Level: 570.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.64 mb = 13055.04 m = 42830.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.1 neg: -11.4 tot: 245.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 2.81 Bulk Shear: 203.82 m/s