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: 41.77,-85.43 Latitude: 41.77 Longitude: -85.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 975 268 25.1 13.3 48 11.8 17.5 218 16 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.7 9.91 2 950 491 21.6 10.6 49 11.0 14.8 220 21 299.1 300.6 289.9 323.9 8.46 3 900 956 16.9 8.9 59 8.0 12.1 222 23 299.0 300.4 289.5 322.5 7.99 4 850 1439 12.4 6.7 68 5.7 9.1 226 25 299.1 300.4 288.9 320.4 7.23 5 800 1943 7.8 -0.4 56 8.2 3.8 236 30 299.5 300.4 286.5 313.5 4.66 6 750 2471 2.8 -3.8 62 6.6 -0.2 238 32 299.6 300.3 285.8 311.3 3.86 7 700 3023 -1.9 -7.2 67 5.3 -4.1 239 32 300.3 300.9 285.3 310.0 3.18 8 650 3609 -4.5 -18.3 33 13.7 -8.8 240 29 303.8 304.1 284.7 308.3 1.39 9 600 4235 -7.8 -27.5 19 19.7 -12.4 233 31 307.1 307.2 285.1 309.3 0.67 10 550 4907 -10.9 -39.9 7 29.0 -15.7 234 33 311.1 311.2 286.0 311.9 0.22 11 500 5633 -14.8 -40.6 9 25.9 -18.7 233 39 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.9 0.22 12 450 6421 -21.0 -40.2 16 19.2 -23.7 232 43 316.8 316.9 288.0 317.8 0.26 13 400 7277 -27.9 -46.6 15 18.7 -29.6 234 54 318.7 318.8 288.5 319.3 0.15 14 350 8222 -34.8 -50.2 19 15.5 -35.8 234 76 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.11 15 300 9281 -41.9 -56.4 19 14.5 -42.5 233 81 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.06 16 250 10499 -47.5 -61.8 18 14.2 -48.0 248 91 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.04 17 200 11953 -52.1 -73.0 6 20.9 -52.5 254 69 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 13811 -54.6 -78.6 4 24.1 -54.9 225 65 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 19 100 16402 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 220 21 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.43 m Freezing level: 720.53 mb = 2796.35 m = 9174.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.99 mb = 2448.91 m = 8034.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.64 mb = 1741.56 m = 5713.72 ft T: 9.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 21.35 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 1945.23 m = 6381.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.17 C = 75.50 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.90 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.36 mb = 1908.36 m = 6260.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.36 mb = 2062.96 m = 6768.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.36 mb = 8253.74 m = 27078.85 ft B at Equ Level: 370.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.36 mb = 10541.38 m = 34584.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.4 neg: -2.9 tot: 74.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 18.89 Bulk Shear: 19.70 m/s