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: 41.75,-87.65 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -87.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 983 186 22.4 15.9 67 6.5 18.1 269 4 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.7 11.64 2 950 477 20.9 13.2 62 7.6 16.0 275 15 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.8 10.11 3 900 942 16.4 12.1 76 4.3 13.7 273 16 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.3 9.91 4 850 1425 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.3 273 16 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.0 9.78 5 800 1929 8.3 6.2 87 2.0 7.1 276 20 299.9 301.3 289.4 322.0 7.47 6 750 2460 5.3 2.5 82 2.8 3.8 269 23 302.4 303.5 289.0 320.8 6.14 7 700 3021 2.0 -1.0 80 3.0 0.5 259 26 304.7 305.7 288.8 320.3 5.10 8 650 3615 -1.6 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.1 254 35 307.1 307.9 288.6 319.7 4.06 9 600 4249 -4.8 -12.4 55 7.7 -7.7 250 42 310.6 311.1 288.2 318.5 2.45 10 550 4928 -8.7 -27.3 20 18.7 -13.2 255 50 313.8 314.0 287.5 316.4 0.74 11 500 5661 -11.7 -37.4 10 25.7 -16.4 249 60 318.8 318.9 288.7 320.0 0.31 12 450 6459 -17.7 -39.9 12 22.3 -21.1 241 59 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.26 13 400 7326 -25.4 -35.2 39 9.9 -26.9 239 61 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.48 14 350 8278 -33.5 -42.6 40 9.1 -34.4 243 69 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.26 15 300 9343 -40.7 -52.1 28 11.5 -41.3 247 74 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.10 16 250 10562 -49.4 -60.4 26 11.0 -49.7 252 77 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 11997 -54.9 -66.3 23 11.4 -55.1 251 73 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13835 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 253 50 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16414 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 250 29 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.57 m Freezing level: 672.16 mb = 3351.67 m = 10996.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.59 mb = 3106.28 m = 10191.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.07 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.91 mb = 1008.60 m = 3309.00 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.49 mb = 1419.96 m = 4658.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 31.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.80 mb = 1387.09 m = 4550.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.80 mb = 1535.15 m = 5036.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.80 mb = 5526.93 m = 18132.74 ft B at Equ Level: 183.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.80 mb = 11131.93 m = 36521.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.00 Bulk Shear: 67.39 m/s