MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 40.86,-92.47 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 977 254 24.6 19.5 73 5.1 21.0 286 9 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.7 14.73 2 950 498 21.1 18.2 83 3.0 19.1 285 10 298.6 301.2 294.1 339.2 13.95 3 900 963 16.8 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 277 12 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.7 13.36 4 850 1449 13.0 12.7 98 0.4 12.8 271 18 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.8 10.90 5 800 1956 10.0 6.8 81 3.2 8.2 267 24 301.8 303.2 290.2 324.9 7.77 6 750 2491 6.9 2.6 74 4.3 4.6 272 30 304.1 305.2 289.6 322.7 6.17 7 700 3054 2.8 0.2 83 2.7 1.5 272 42 305.6 306.6 289.5 322.5 5.53 8 650 3649 -1.1 -8.8 56 7.8 -4.3 277 51 307.8 308.3 287.9 317.3 3.02 9 600 4284 -4.1 -18.3 32 14.3 -8.7 282 53 311.4 311.7 287.5 316.4 1.50 10 550 4966 -6.5 -22.0 28 15.5 -11.1 279 56 316.4 316.6 288.9 320.5 1.19 11 500 5705 -10.2 -29.3 19 19.1 -14.7 272 54 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.0 0.67 12 450 6506 -17.2 -30.4 31 13.2 -19.9 274 52 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.68 13 400 7375 -24.9 -32.2 51 7.3 -26.1 267 53 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.64 14 350 8330 -32.4 -35.7 72 3.4 -32.9 267 62 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.52 15 300 9398 -40.9 -47.4 49 6.6 -41.3 270 66 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.18 16 250 10615 -49.3 -57.6 38 8.2 -49.6 276 67 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12047 -56.4 -68.3 21 11.9 -56.6 278 65 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 13870 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 270 52 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16423 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 282 30 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.74 m Freezing level: 663.54 mb = 3487.86 m = 11442.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.26 mb = 3201.29 m = 10502.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.15 mb = 895.31 m = 2937.34 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 26.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 939.16 m = 3081.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.40 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1718.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.37 mb = 950.36 m = 3117.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.37 mb = 997.77 m = 3273.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.37 mb = 11542.44 m = 37868.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1706.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.37 mb = 14470.07 m = 47473.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 15.80 Bulk Shear: 108.76 m/s