MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 40.73,-86.98 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 981 215 20.4 18.1 87 2.2 18.9 230 8 295.2 297.6 292.7 333.8 13.48 2 950 488 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 255 21 297.7 299.9 292.6 333.2 12.25 3 900 953 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 264 20 298.2 300.2 292.0 331.2 11.37 4 850 1436 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 266 20 299.0 301.0 291.6 329.8 10.52 5 800 1943 9.1 9.0 99 0.2 9.0 262 19 300.9 302.5 291.0 327.5 9.02 6 750 2475 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.8 255 18 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.8 7.64 7 700 3037 2.5 1.8 95 0.7 2.1 255 20 305.3 306.4 290.0 324.2 6.23 8 650 3633 -0.8 -2.5 88 1.7 -1.6 252 28 308.1 309.0 289.7 323.2 4.88 9 600 4270 -3.6 -9.7 63 6.1 -6.1 256 47 311.9 312.5 289.3 321.7 3.05 10 550 4951 -8.5 -19.2 41 10.8 -11.8 259 57 314.1 314.3 288.5 319.1 1.52 11 500 5684 -12.2 -20.1 52 7.9 -14.6 253 62 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.4 1.55 12 450 6479 -18.6 -24.0 62 5.4 -20.0 251 70 319.8 320.1 290.0 324.0 1.22 13 400 7346 -24.6 -28.3 71 3.7 -25.4 246 64 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.3 0.93 14 350 8304 -31.0 -34.3 73 3.3 -31.5 239 59 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.60 15 300 9380 -39.3 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.6 237 64 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 16 250 10600 -49.8 -54.3 59 4.4 -50.0 246 69 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.10 17 200 12033 -55.6 -68.0 20 12.4 -55.8 257 73 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13870 -56.2 -82.3 2 26.1 -56.5 254 50 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16437 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.7 246 32 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.41 m Freezing level: 661.96 mb = 3490.58 m = 11451.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.61 mb = 3370.21 m = 11057.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.34 mb = 494.33 m = 1621.79 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.71 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1140.06 m = 3740.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.69 C = 74.64 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.60 mb = 1022.47 m = 3354.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.60 mb = 1262.75 m = 4142.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.60 mb = 10399.39 m = 34118.31 ft B at Equ Level: 680.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.60 mb = 12791.62 m = 41966.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -7.6 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 16.84 Bulk Shear: 40.44 m/s