MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.26,-79.40 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 986 258 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 354 11 291.2 293.4 290.4 325.4 12.11 2 950 574 15.2 14.9 98 0.2 15.0 9 31 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.7 11.31 3 900 1031 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 27 41 294.7 296.6 290.0 324.0 10.19 4 850 1511 11.8 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 47 36 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.1 10.16 5 800 2019 10.7 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 75 31 302.5 304.4 292.3 332.3 10.05 6 750 2557 9.3 9.2 99 0.1 9.2 106 28 306.7 308.5 293.3 336.1 9.76 7 700 3128 7.1 7.0 99 0.2 7.0 138 26 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.9 8.99 8 650 3736 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 165 24 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.0 8.00 9 600 4385 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 189 21 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 10 550 5081 -2.8 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.9 209 17 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.8 5.57 11 500 5830 -7.4 -7.6 98 0.3 -7.5 219 11 324.1 324.9 293.9 338.3 4.31 12 450 6644 -12.3 -13.3 93 0.9 -12.7 244 7 327.7 328.3 293.9 338.1 3.06 13 400 7535 -17.4 -20.3 78 2.9 -18.3 257 9 332.4 332.7 294.1 339.1 1.91 14 350 8522 -24.5 -36.7 32 12.1 -26.5 232 17 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.47 15 300 9625 -33.1 -38.3 60 5.1 -33.8 218 27 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.47 16 250 10877 -43.8 -48.2 62 4.3 -44.1 199 40 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.19 17 200 12333 -56.7 -59.3 72 2.7 -56.7 198 52 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14116 -63.1 -79.1 10 15.9 -63.3 243 24 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16590 -66.9 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.0 287 20 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.09 m Freezing level: 586.89 mb = 4567.44 m = 14984.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.80 mb = 4535.63 m = 14880.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.44 mb = 295.66 m = 970.01 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.43 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.93 mb = 772.41 m = 2534.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.17 C = 66.50 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 30.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.24 mb = 742.33 m = 2435.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.24 mb = 972.40 m = 3190.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 896.24 mb = 1065.97 m = 3497.24 ft B at Equ Level: 16.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 836.24 mb = 1647.57 m = 5405.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.8 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 136.8 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 622.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 622.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: 12.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 185.94 m/s