MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.12,-88.43 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -88.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 991 131 24.3 21.4 84 3.0 22.2 177 9 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.35 2 950 503 21.1 19.7 92 1.4 20.2 181 19 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.5 15.41 3 900 970 18.0 16.0 88 2.0 16.7 192 23 300.1 302.5 293.7 337.8 12.85 4 850 1458 15.3 12.4 82 3.0 13.4 200 23 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.8 10.68 5 800 1970 12.7 8.9 78 3.8 10.4 214 27 304.7 306.4 292.2 331.6 8.98 6 750 2511 10.8 5.9 72 4.8 7.9 223 34 308.3 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.80 7 700 3082 6.2 4.5 89 1.8 5.2 245 48 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.5 7.55 8 650 3686 2.3 -0.1 84 2.4 1.1 250 55 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.87 9 600 4329 -1.0 -6.3 67 5.4 -3.4 256 55 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.7 3.96 10 550 5019 -4.4 -18.7 32 14.3 -9.2 265 60 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.2 1.59 11 500 5763 -8.4 -21.5 34 13.1 -12.5 272 58 322.8 323.0 291.0 327.5 1.37 12 450 6571 -13.9 -30.2 24 16.3 -17.6 273 50 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.69 13 400 7455 -19.7 -27.4 50 7.7 -21.5 274 39 329.4 329.6 292.5 333.0 1.01 14 350 8433 -26.2 -51.5 7 25.3 -28.7 270 44 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 15 300 9529 -33.9 -44.5 34 10.6 -35.0 251 60 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.5 0.24 16 250 10780 -44.2 -47.7 68 3.4 -44.5 235 60 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12233 -56.5 -63.6 40 7.1 -56.7 242 66 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14037 -60.0 -79.4 6 19.4 -60.2 271 61 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16544 -63.4 -87.3 3 23.9 -63.6 262 42 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.96 m Freezing level: 614.96 mb = 4136.26 m = 13570.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3834.23 m = 12579.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.93 mb = 503.66 m = 1652.41 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 949.15 m = 3113.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.32 mb = 824.06 m = 2703.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.32 mb = 1158.54 m = 3800.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.32 mb = 11314.04 m = 37119.10 ft B at Equ Level: 702.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.32 mb = 14023.50 m = 46008.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 443.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 199.29 m/s