MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 38.21,-93.87 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -93.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 981 243 22.0 21.9 99 0.2 21.9 72 6 296.8 299.9 295.8 346.1 17.06 2 950 526 20.3 20.1 98 0.3 20.2 91 8 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.5 15.76 3 900 992 17.7 16.5 93 1.2 17.0 181 13 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.26 4 850 1479 15.0 13.2 89 1.8 13.8 205 17 301.9 303.9 293.1 335.1 11.27 5 800 1991 12.2 9.8 85 2.4 10.7 236 18 304.2 305.9 292.4 332.7 9.56 6 750 2530 9.3 6.8 84 2.5 7.8 266 26 306.7 308.2 292.2 331.8 8.30 7 700 3100 5.8 3.3 84 2.4 4.4 277 36 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.2 6.95 8 650 3702 1.5 -0.5 86 2.0 0.4 280 43 310.7 311.7 291.2 328.3 5.66 9 600 4342 -2.7 -4.9 85 2.2 -3.7 281 47 313.0 313.8 290.9 327.0 4.43 10 550 5027 -7.0 -10.1 79 3.1 -8.2 287 47 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.2 3.23 11 500 5763 -11.7 -15.2 76 3.4 -12.9 291 47 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.5 2.35 12 450 6562 -16.7 -20.3 73 3.6 -17.8 290 47 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.69 13 400 7437 -22.6 -27.0 67 4.4 -23.6 283 49 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.05 14 350 8402 -29.5 -33.8 66 4.3 -30.2 276 50 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.63 15 300 9485 -37.3 -40.9 69 3.6 -37.7 266 48 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10718 -47.5 -51.0 67 3.6 -47.6 253 45 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 17 200 12150 -59.0 -64.2 51 5.2 -59.1 259 47 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.03 18 150 13956 -58.3 -81.3 4 23.0 -58.5 281 54 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16491 -61.0 -86.1 2 25.1 -61.2 269 26 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.44 m Freezing level: 632.23 mb = 3929.29 m = 12891.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.83 mb = 3765.66 m = 12354.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.50 mb = 259.91 m = 852.71 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.86 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 863.59 m = 2833.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.50 C = 76.11 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1655.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.23 mb = 781.37 m = 2563.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.23 mb = 1018.00 m = 3339.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.23 mb = 12564.53 m = 41221.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1611.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.23 mb = 14985.40 m = 49164.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 389.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 217.96 m/s