MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.71,-78.50 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -78.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 1000 129 29.7 20.0 56 9.7 22.8 163 6 302.9 305.6 295.9 346.9 14.86 2 950 581 24.5 17.5 65 7.0 19.7 167 8 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.6 13.39 3 900 1052 19.9 16.6 81 3.3 17.7 169 8 302.1 304.5 294.7 341.4 13.32 4 850 1542 15.5 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 175 7 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.2 11.77 5 800 2054 14.1 1.0 41 13.1 7.1 138 3 306.1 307.1 289.3 321.9 5.15 6 750 2596 11.7 -2.4 37 14.0 4.5 324 2 309.2 310.0 289.6 322.6 4.29 7 700 3167 6.5 -7.1 37 13.7 0.4 147 4 309.7 310.3 288.7 319.8 3.19 8 650 3768 1.4 -6.2 57 7.6 -2.1 147 8 310.5 311.2 289.4 322.1 3.69 9 600 4408 -1.8 -11.2 49 9.3 -5.6 147 10 314.0 314.5 289.6 322.8 2.72 10 550 5097 -4.3 -7.1 81 2.8 -5.5 268 11 319.0 319.8 292.3 332.3 4.09 11 500 5843 -8.2 -12.1 74 3.8 -9.8 277 18 323.0 323.6 292.6 333.1 3.03 12 450 6652 -13.7 -23.4 44 9.7 -16.4 275 17 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.5 1.29 13 400 7539 -18.3 -56.7 2 38.4 -22.4 263 20 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.04 14 350 8520 -25.9 -47.8 11 21.9 -28.3 250 26 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.15 15 300 9618 -34.4 -44.5 35 10.2 -35.4 232 36 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.9 0.24 16 250 10864 -45.0 -51.0 51 6.0 -45.3 223 43 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.14 17 200 12315 -56.6 -62.2 49 5.6 -56.7 233 43 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14109 -61.9 -79.4 8 17.4 -62.1 248 26 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16586 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 282 22 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.36 m Freezing level: 628.86 mb = 4038.97 m = 13251.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.46 mb = 3254.59 m = 10677.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.27 mb = 1359.36 m = 4459.79 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 24.95 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1441.80 m = 4730.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 23.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.60 mb = 1435.40 m = 4709.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.60 mb = 1485.35 m = 4873.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.60 mb = 1890.62 m = 6202.76 ft B at Equ Level: 6.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.60 mb = 2422.80 m = 7948.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 234.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -23.4 tot: -15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 231.38 Bulk Shear: 3.61 m/s