MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 39.29,-80.24 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 970 382 23.7 19.9 79 3.8 21.1 247 5 299.5 302.2 295.3 344.0 15.26 2 950 568 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 245 6 298.9 301.3 293.9 338.5 13.59 3 900 1034 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 239 6 298.8 301.1 293.3 335.9 12.71 4 850 1519 14.2 11.7 85 2.5 12.6 221 9 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.22 5 800 2029 11.3 8.6 84 2.7 9.7 223 10 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.5 8.82 6 750 2566 8.4 5.5 82 2.9 6.8 234 10 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.6 7.58 7 700 3134 5.2 1.9 79 3.3 3.4 245 11 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.6 6.29 8 650 3736 1.8 -1.9 76 3.7 -0.0 261 8 311.1 312.0 290.9 327.1 5.14 9 600 4377 -1.8 -4.7 81 2.9 -3.1 292 6 314.0 314.9 291.2 328.3 4.50 10 550 5065 -5.0 -6.5 89 1.6 -5.7 304 10 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.0 4.27 11 500 5809 -9.5 -15.1 64 5.5 -11.5 298 19 321.4 321.9 291.5 329.4 2.37 12 450 6614 -15.2 -19.0 73 3.8 -16.4 290 22 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.89 13 400 7494 -20.9 -24.3 74 3.4 -21.8 271 25 327.8 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.33 14 350 8465 -28.3 -33.0 64 4.7 -29.1 253 27 330.5 330.7 292.5 333.0 0.68 15 300 9550 -37.3 -47.2 35 9.9 -38.1 248 28 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.18 16 250 10785 -46.4 -65.2 10 18.8 -46.9 255 31 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 17 200 12233 -55.4 -70.7 13 15.3 -55.6 270 38 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 14027 -63.4 -76.0 17 12.6 -63.5 267 37 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16537 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 268 28 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.64 m Freezing level: 624.63 mb = 4061.16 m = 13323.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3728.69 m = 12233.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.75 mb = 865.24 m = 2838.67 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.89 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1182.36 m = 3879.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.72 mb = 1131.17 m = 3711.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.72 mb = 1373.40 m = 4505.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.72 mb = 10657.98 m = 34966.71 ft B at Equ Level: 502.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.72 mb = 13076.09 m = 42900.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 115.70 Bulk Shear: 4.37 m/s