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: 40.41,-87.17 Latitude: 40.41 Longitude: -87.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 982 212 18.2 17.5 96 0.7 17.8 228 12 292.9 295.2 291.6 329.7 12.92 2 950 493 16.7 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 239 27 294.2 296.4 291.6 329.7 12.43 3 900 954 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.9 259 24 296.3 298.1 290.2 324.6 9.76 4 850 1434 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.3 265 22 297.3 298.7 289.0 321.0 8.13 5 800 1936 6.9 3.5 79 3.4 5.1 258 22 298.5 299.6 287.6 316.7 6.15 6 750 2464 4.6 -13.0 27 17.6 -2.0 243 27 301.5 301.9 284.3 307.4 1.87 7 700 3022 1.5 -22.7 15 24.2 -5.6 241 31 304.1 304.3 284.2 307.0 0.88 8 650 3613 -2.8 -37.0 5 34.2 -9.6 244 32 305.8 305.8 284.1 306.7 0.25 9 600 4242 -6.2 -40.2 5 34.0 -12.3 261 38 308.9 308.9 285.2 309.6 0.19 10 550 4918 -9.6 -26.4 24 16.8 -13.7 264 61 312.7 312.9 287.2 315.5 0.80 11 500 5648 -12.4 -35.6 13 23.2 -16.8 257 72 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.3 0.37 12 450 6444 -18.0 -37.5 16 19.5 -21.2 255 75 320.6 320.7 289.3 321.8 0.34 13 400 7313 -23.6 -48.5 8 24.9 -26.2 252 79 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.12 14 350 8277 -29.2 -51.8 9 22.6 -31.1 246 83 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.09 15 300 9358 -38.3 -53.5 19 15.2 -39.2 245 84 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 16 250 10585 -47.7 -63.4 15 15.8 -48.1 244 85 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 17 200 12028 -55.5 -68.4 19 12.8 -55.7 244 88 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13856 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 257 57 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16426 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 259 33 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.25 m Freezing level: 682.74 mb = 3226.10 m = 10584.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.03 mb = 2312.17 m = 7585.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.90 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.52 mb = 302.07 m = 991.04 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.04 mb = 1009.39 m = 3311.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.74 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 7.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 215.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 825.43 m = 2708.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.65 mb = 1251.52 m = 4105.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.65 mb = 5668.45 m = 18597.04 ft B at Equ Level: 306.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.65 mb = 9617.35 m = 31552.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.9 neg: -17.3 tot: 121.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 46.50 m/s