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: 40.78,-87.9 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 983 199 19.7 18.1 91 1.6 18.7 265 6 294.3 296.7 292.4 332.7 13.44 2 950 496 20.3 13.6 66 6.7 16.0 289 19 297.7 299.6 291.1 327.8 10.35 3 900 959 15.9 12.0 78 3.9 13.4 290 20 297.9 299.6 290.7 326.4 9.81 4 850 1441 11.4 10.2 93 1.1 10.7 289 20 298.1 299.7 290.3 325.1 9.26 5 800 1945 8.2 4.1 75 4.1 5.9 283 19 299.9 301.1 288.4 318.9 6.41 6 750 2475 4.4 1.3 80 3.1 2.8 276 23 301.3 302.4 288.1 318.2 5.61 7 700 3034 1.1 -3.2 73 4.3 -0.9 250 27 303.7 304.5 287.7 316.8 4.31 8 650 3625 -2.3 -16.5 33 14.2 -7.0 247 34 306.4 306.7 285.9 311.6 1.62 9 600 4255 -5.8 -27.8 16 21.9 -11.2 259 48 309.4 309.5 285.9 311.6 0.65 10 550 4933 -7.9 -29.5 16 21.6 -13.0 259 68 314.7 314.8 287.7 316.8 0.60 11 500 5669 -10.8 -39.6 7 28.7 -16.0 251 72 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.8 0.25 12 450 6467 -18.1 -35.4 21 17.3 -21.1 248 69 320.5 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.42 13 400 7334 -25.1 -39.6 24 14.6 -27.0 246 69 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.6 0.31 14 350 8288 -32.3 -45.1 27 12.8 -33.4 248 71 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 15 300 9360 -39.3 -48.2 39 8.9 -39.9 246 74 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 16 250 10585 -48.3 -60.4 23 12.2 -48.6 249 75 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 17 200 12024 -55.4 -69.8 15 14.4 -55.6 255 76 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13856 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 264 52 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.9 251 30 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.08 m Freezing level: 684.06 mb = 3222.28 m = 10571.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.43 mb = 2891.01 m = 9484.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.18 mb = 394.46 m = 1294.14 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.51 C/km ThetaE index: 21.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1323.87 m = 4343.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: 2.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.77 mb = 1227.97 m = 4028.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.77 mb = 1472.99 m = 4832.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.77 mb = 5266.60 m = 17278.66 ft B at Equ Level: 249.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.77 mb = 10668.88 m = 35002.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.21 Bulk Shear: 89.63 m/s