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,-93.85 Latitude: 38.41 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.5 98 0.3 21.6 67 5 296.5 299.6 295.4 344.7 16.69 2 950 525 20.3 19.3 94 0.9 19.6 76 7 297.7 300.5 294.6 341.2 15.00 3 900 990 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.6 175 12 299.4 301.8 293.6 337.3 12.95 4 850 1477 15.0 12.9 87 2.1 13.6 208 15 301.8 303.9 292.9 334.5 11.05 5 800 1990 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 10.9 242 16 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.4 9.66 6 750 2529 9.4 6.9 84 2.5 7.9 266 28 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.1 8.34 7 700 3099 5.7 3.2 84 2.5 4.3 273 42 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.0 6.92 8 650 3700 1.3 -0.7 86 2.0 0.3 275 49 310.4 311.5 291.1 327.8 5.59 9 600 4340 -2.9 -5.1 85 2.2 -4.0 277 51 312.7 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.36 10 550 5025 -7.1 -9.0 87 1.8 -7.9 284 49 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.0 3.53 11 500 5761 -11.8 -13.8 85 2.0 -12.6 287 49 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.3 2.63 12 450 6559 -17.2 -19.9 80 2.7 -18.0 284 49 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.75 13 400 7432 -22.9 -27.7 65 4.8 -23.9 276 53 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 0.98 14 350 8396 -29.9 -37.3 49 7.4 -30.9 271 56 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 15 300 9475 -38.0 -43.4 57 5.4 -38.5 263 53 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.8 0.27 16 250 10706 -47.3 -51.1 65 3.9 -47.4 250 47 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.14 17 200 12142 -58.2 -64.4 45 6.2 -58.3 262 48 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 18 150 13949 -58.4 -81.3 4 22.9 -58.6 281 54 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16485 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 268 27 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.47 m Freezing level: 634.59 mb = 3897.52 m = 12786.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.99 mb = 3737.57 m = 12262.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.60 mb = 276.12 m = 905.89 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.15 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.84 mb = 925.12 m = 3035.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1365.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.42 mb = 825.15 m = 2707.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.42 mb = 1158.40 m = 3800.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.42 mb = 12064.61 m = 39581.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1354.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.42 mb = 14728.38 m = 48320.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.1 neg: -3.2 tot: 389.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 6.00 Bulk Shear: 227.71 m/s