MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 39.41,-90.26 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 985 177 25.4 20.9 76 4.4 22.2 237 13 299.8 302.7 295.9 346.7 16.04 2 950 495 23.1 19.1 78 4.0 20.3 242 25 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.1 14.82 3 900 964 19.1 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 254 34 301.1 303.8 295.1 343.3 14.33 4 850 1454 15.9 15.4 97 0.5 15.6 266 41 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.06 5 800 1967 11.9 9.9 87 2.0 10.7 273 42 303.9 305.6 292.4 332.6 9.63 6 750 2504 8.2 1.5 63 6.7 4.6 282 47 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.9 5.71 7 700 3070 4.7 -1.9 62 6.7 1.4 286 50 307.7 308.6 289.5 322.4 4.75 8 650 3670 1.0 -0.5 89 1.6 0.2 286 49 310.1 311.2 291.0 327.7 5.67 9 600 4310 -3.1 -5.0 86 2.0 -4.0 285 51 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.4 4.38 10 550 4996 -6.1 -12.2 62 6.0 -8.5 283 49 316.8 317.3 290.5 325.8 2.73 11 500 5735 -10.3 -24.9 29 14.6 -14.2 254 42 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.0 1.02 12 450 6536 -17.2 -30.7 30 13.5 -20.0 259 41 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.0 0.66 13 400 7406 -24.1 -32.5 46 8.4 -25.5 265 45 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.9 0.62 14 350 8365 -31.2 -45.2 24 14.0 -32.5 269 54 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 15 300 9438 -39.2 -54.6 18 15.4 -40.0 271 56 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 16 250 10662 -48.5 -58.4 31 9.9 -48.8 273 57 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 17 200 12101 -56.1 -69.1 18 13.0 -56.3 272 58 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13912 -59.9 -79.5 6 19.6 -60.1 278 51 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16450 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 259 35 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.32 m Freezing level: 637.46 mb = 3830.80 m = 12568.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.65 mb = 3699.39 m = 12136.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.60 mb = 739.58 m = 2426.42 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 24.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1141.00 m = 3743.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -5.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.19 C Showalter Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2317.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.74 mb = 1014.63 m = 3328.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.74 mb = 1356.65 m = 4450.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.74 mb = 12108.85 m = 39726.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2312.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.74 mb = 15868.37 m = 52060.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 344.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.22 Bulk Rich Number: 23.53 Bulk Shear: 98.50 m/s