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: 38.51,-93.70 Latitude: 38.51 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 980 254 21.6 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 66 3 296.4 299.4 295.3 344.0 16.52 2 950 526 20.1 18.7 92 1.4 19.2 55 4 297.6 300.2 294.2 339.5 14.47 3 900 991 16.9 15.5 92 1.4 16.0 192 11 298.9 301.2 293.1 335.2 12.43 4 850 1477 14.7 11.6 82 3.1 12.7 215 17 301.5 303.4 292.1 331.4 10.13 5 800 1989 12.4 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 240 20 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.8 9.14 6 750 2528 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.8 261 29 306.8 308.3 292.2 331.9 8.29 7 700 3097 5.6 3.6 86 2.1 4.5 269 43 308.7 310.1 291.8 330.4 7.08 8 650 3699 1.3 -0.4 89 1.7 0.4 272 50 310.4 311.5 291.2 328.2 5.72 9 600 4338 -2.9 -4.8 87 1.8 -3.8 274 53 312.7 313.6 290.8 326.9 4.48 10 550 5023 -7.2 -8.6 90 1.4 -7.8 283 51 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.2 3.63 11 500 5759 -11.8 -13.7 86 1.9 -12.5 286 50 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.4 2.66 12 450 6557 -17.4 -19.8 82 2.4 -18.1 283 50 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.3 1.77 13 400 7429 -23.1 -27.7 66 4.5 -24.1 276 54 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 0.98 14 350 8392 -30.1 -36.8 52 6.6 -31.0 272 58 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.8 0.47 15 300 9471 -38.0 -42.4 64 4.4 -38.4 265 54 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.31 16 250 10703 -47.2 -50.9 66 3.7 -47.3 253 47 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.14 17 200 12140 -58.3 -63.3 53 5.0 -58.4 262 48 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 13946 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 281 53 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16483 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.3 -60.8 267 28 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.46 m Freezing level: 634.93 mb = 3891.68 m = 12767.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.22 mb = 3757.95 m = 12329.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.35 mb = 279.46 m = 916.87 ft T: 21.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 957.33 m = 3140.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.00 C = 75.20 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.01 mb = 867.41 m = 2845.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.01 mb = 2114.87 m = 6938.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.01 mb = 11295.79 m = 37059.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.01 mb = 14029.18 m = 46026.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 390.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 5.01 Bulk Shear: 212.16 m/s