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: 38.41,-93.80 Latitude: 38.41 Longitude: -93.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 246 21.8 21.6 99 0.2 21.6 73 5 296.6 299.6 295.5 344.9 16.74 2 950 525 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.6 89 6 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.4 15.03 3 900 991 17.3 15.9 92 1.4 16.4 181 13 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.6 12.75 4 850 1478 14.9 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 210 17 301.8 303.8 292.7 333.8 10.83 5 800 1990 12.5 9.8 83 2.7 10.9 240 18 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.1 9.56 6 750 2529 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 265 28 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.1 8.34 7 700 3099 5.7 3.3 84 2.4 4.3 273 41 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.0 6.93 8 650 3700 1.3 -0.7 87 2.0 0.3 275 48 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.8 5.59 9 600 4340 -2.9 -5.1 85 2.2 -4.0 277 50 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.36 10 550 5024 -7.2 -9.0 86 1.9 -7.9 284 49 315.6 316.2 290.8 326.9 3.51 11 500 5760 -11.9 -14.0 84 2.1 -12.6 287 49 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.1 2.59 12 450 6559 -17.2 -20.0 79 2.8 -18.0 284 49 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.5 1.73 13 400 7431 -23.0 -27.6 66 4.6 -23.9 277 54 325.1 325.3 291.3 328.6 0.99 14 350 8395 -30.0 -36.3 54 6.3 -30.9 272 56 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.1 0.49 15 300 9475 -37.9 -42.5 62 4.6 -38.4 264 52 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.0 0.30 16 250 10706 -47.2 -51.0 65 3.7 -47.4 251 46 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12142 -58.3 -63.9 48 5.6 -58.4 262 48 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.04 18 150 13949 -58.2 -81.5 4 23.3 -58.5 281 54 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16486 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 268 27 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.93 m Freezing level: 634.91 mb = 3893.40 m = 12773.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.99 mb = 3737.60 m = 12262.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.24 mb = 270.77 m = 888.35 ft T: 21.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 931.01 m = 3054.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1330.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.55 mb = 833.70 m = 2735.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.55 mb = 1264.32 m = 4148.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.55 mb = 11780.69 m = 38650.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.55 mb = 14770.01 m = 48457.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 388.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 6.04 Bulk Shear: 220.28 m/s