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: 39.42,-118.72 Latitude: 39.42 Longitude: -118.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 528 2 900 1007 SFC 877 1237 27.2 10.1 34 17.1 16.2 328 3 311.9 313.6 294.1 339.4 8.90 4 850 1508 22.3 9.5 44 12.7 14.2 331 3 309.5 311.1 293.4 336.5 8.83 5 800 2032 19.9 3.8 35 16.1 10.4 36 11 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.9 6.29 6 750 2584 15.9 2.0 39 13.8 8.0 50 11 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.4 5.91 7 700 3164 10.9 0.5 49 10.4 5.2 67 10 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.66 8 650 3776 5.2 -1.1 64 6.3 2.0 93 7 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.46 9 600 4423 -0.6 -3.6 80 2.9 -2.1 135 6 315.4 316.3 292.0 331.0 4.90 10 550 5111 -6.1 -8.2 85 2.1 -7.0 197 6 316.8 317.6 291.4 328.9 3.74 11 500 5850 -11.5 -14.5 78 3.0 -12.5 190 5 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.3 2.50 12 450 6649 -16.7 -21.6 66 4.9 -18.0 123 6 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.5 1.52 13 400 7523 -22.9 -32.8 40 9.8 -24.7 106 10 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.61 14 350 8486 -30.5 -34.5 67 4.1 -31.0 94 13 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.8 0.58 15 300 9561 -39.5 -45.4 54 5.8 -40.0 87 13 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 16 250 10782 -48.7 -58.1 33 9.4 -49.0 94 19 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12224 -54.6 -71.1 11 16.5 -54.9 82 14 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14038 -59.7 -78.2 7 18.5 -59.9 342 12 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16553 -62.2 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.4 302 20 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.56 m Freezing level: 605.39 mb = 4353.13 m = 14281.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.84 mb = 4081.95 m = 13392.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.19 mb = 3376.76 m = 11078.49 ft T: 8.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.37 mb = 4023.66 m = 13200.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.11 mb = 3598.47 m = 11805.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.11 mb = 4567.73 m = 14985.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.11 mb = 10804.55 m = 35447.58 ft B at Equ Level: 487.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.11 mb = 12919.67 m = 42386.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.1 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 128.1 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 46.83 Bulk Shear: 10.45 m/s