MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 31.68,-87.42 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -87.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 72 30.1 23.5 68 6.6 25.3 227 7 302.8 306.2 298.2 357.5 18.45 1 1000 121 28.6 22.1 68 6.5 23.9 227 7 301.8 304.9 297.1 352.0 17.02 2 950 575 23.9 20.8 83 3.1 21.7 226 11 301.4 304.5 296.6 350.0 16.48 3 900 1045 19.6 18.5 93 1.1 18.8 230 14 301.7 304.5 295.7 346.0 15.05 4 850 1537 16.9 13.7 82 3.1 14.8 240 21 303.8 306.0 294.0 338.5 11.68 5 800 2052 14.2 10.3 77 3.9 11.7 243 22 306.3 308.1 293.3 336.1 9.89 6 750 2594 10.9 6.6 75 4.3 8.3 250 25 308.5 310.0 292.6 333.5 8.20 7 700 3167 8.3 1.1 61 7.1 4.4 254 18 311.6 312.8 291.7 330.2 5.94 8 650 3776 4.6 -2.3 61 6.9 1.1 263 16 314.2 315.2 291.7 330.0 4.98 9 600 4423 0.4 -8.1 53 8.5 -3.4 277 19 316.6 317.2 291.1 327.8 3.45 10 550 5113 -5.2 -17.5 37 12.3 -9.4 278 21 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.8 1.76 11 500 5854 -9.8 -22.0 36 12.2 -13.4 281 23 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.6 1.31 12 450 6659 -15.0 -23.2 49 8.3 -17.3 276 28 324.4 324.7 291.4 329.0 1.31 13 400 7539 -20.6 -38.2 19 17.6 -23.5 259 31 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.35 14 350 8514 -26.3 -36.5 38 10.2 -27.9 244 21 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.1 0.48 15 300 9613 -33.6 -46.9 25 13.4 -34.8 262 21 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.19 16 250 10868 -43.4 -53.2 33 9.8 -44.0 242 20 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.11 17 200 12323 -56.5 -60.3 62 3.9 -56.6 274 44 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14099 -67.5 -70.0 70 2.5 -67.5 232 28 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 19 100 16549 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 268 27 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.18 m Freezing level: 596.59 mb = 4470.07 m = 14665.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3925.45 m = 12878.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.98 mb = 911.19 m = 2989.45 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 33.76 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 1009.59 m = 3312.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -6.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2156.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.80 mb = 999.13 m = 3277.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.80 mb = 1047.36 m = 3436.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.80 mb = 13708.60 m = 44975.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2137.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -6.8 tot: 65.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 110.35 Bulk Shear: 19.54 m/s