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,-87.48 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -87.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 981 216 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 255 8 294.7 297.2 293.0 334.7 13.98 2 950 494 19.1 16.1 83 3.0 17.1 275 21 296.5 298.7 292.2 331.6 12.17 3 900 956 15.4 13.9 90 1.6 14.4 284 22 297.4 299.4 291.6 329.7 11.13 4 850 1439 11.9 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 287 22 298.6 300.4 291.2 328.3 10.18 5 800 1944 8.7 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 280 20 300.4 302.0 290.5 325.8 8.60 6 750 2476 5.5 5.0 97 0.5 5.2 270 18 302.5 303.9 290.1 324.5 7.33 7 700 3037 2.1 1.6 97 0.5 1.8 264 18 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.4 6.14 8 650 3631 -1.9 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.3 251 22 306.8 307.7 289.3 321.7 4.83 9 600 4264 -5.3 -10.8 65 5.5 -7.4 256 39 310.0 310.6 288.4 318.9 2.79 10 550 4942 -8.9 -19.1 44 10.2 -12.1 261 62 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.6 1.54 11 500 5676 -11.5 -39.3 8 27.8 -16.4 254 65 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.25 12 450 6474 -17.5 -38.0 15 20.5 -20.8 247 71 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.32 13 400 7342 -24.9 -46.1 12 21.1 -27.2 245 71 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.2 0.15 14 350 8298 -31.6 -49.2 16 17.5 -33.1 243 69 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 15 300 9372 -39.4 -48.6 37 9.2 -40.0 241 67 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.5 0.15 16 250 10594 -48.8 -61.4 22 12.6 -49.1 248 70 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.04 17 200 12030 -55.8 -69.6 16 13.7 -56.1 256 77 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13863 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 259 48 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16435 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 247 30 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.20 m Freezing level: 674.08 mb = 3345.04 m = 10974.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.02 mb = 3292.82 m = 10803.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.10 mb = 366.76 m = 1203.27 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1046.48 m = 3433.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.84 mb = 929.24 m = 3048.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.84 mb = 1166.64 m = 3827.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.84 mb = 9420.12 m = 30905.53 ft B at Equ Level: 592.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.84 mb = 12429.33 m = 40778.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 35.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 14.29 Bulk Shear: 41.56 m/s