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: 41.76,-87.65 Latitude: 41.76 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 983 185 22.3 15.9 67 6.5 18.1 267 4 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.5 11.60 2 950 477 20.9 13.2 61 7.7 16.0 275 15 298.4 300.2 291.1 327.8 10.09 3 900 942 16.4 12.1 76 4.3 13.7 273 16 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.2 9.89 4 850 1425 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.3 273 16 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.0 9.77 5 800 1929 8.2 6.2 87 2.0 7.1 276 19 299.9 301.3 289.3 322.0 7.48 6 750 2460 5.3 2.5 82 2.8 3.8 269 23 302.4 303.5 289.0 320.8 6.13 7 700 3021 2.0 -1.0 80 3.0 0.5 259 26 304.7 305.7 288.8 320.2 5.09 8 650 3615 -1.7 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.2 253 35 307.1 307.9 288.6 319.7 4.05 9 600 4249 -4.8 -12.2 56 7.5 -7.6 249 42 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.49 10 550 4928 -8.7 -27.2 21 18.5 -13.2 254 50 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.4 0.75 11 500 5661 -11.7 -37.5 10 25.8 -16.4 249 60 318.8 318.9 288.7 319.9 0.30 12 450 6459 -17.7 -40.0 12 22.3 -21.1 241 59 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.26 13 400 7326 -25.4 -35.3 39 10.0 -26.9 239 61 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.47 14 350 8277 -33.5 -42.7 39 9.1 -34.4 243 69 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.5 0.25 15 300 9342 -40.7 -52.1 28 11.4 -41.3 247 74 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.10 16 250 10562 -49.4 -60.4 26 11.1 -49.7 252 77 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 17 200 11997 -54.8 -66.2 23 11.4 -55.1 251 73 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13835 -55.0 -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: 5628.25 m Freezing level: 672.48 mb = 3347.74 m = 10983.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.65 mb = 3105.42 m = 10188.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.22 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.26 mb = 1005.11 m = 3297.58 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.16 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1422.78 m = 4667.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.78 C = 74.80 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.56 mb = 1389.41 m = 4558.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.56 mb = 1537.47 m = 5044.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.56 mb = 5530.22 m = 18143.55 ft B at Equ Level: 183.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.56 mb = 11138.17 m = 36542.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 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: 3.93 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s