MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.46,-78.32 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -78.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 996 122 28.0 21.0 66 7.1 22.9 92 4 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.2 15.87 2 950 543 24.8 19.4 72 5.5 20.9 131 8 302.4 305.1 295.9 346.8 15.05 3 900 1015 20.9 17.8 83 3.1 18.8 202 9 303.0 305.7 295.7 345.7 14.41 4 850 1508 16.8 16.5 98 0.3 16.6 220 12 303.8 306.3 295.6 345.4 14.02 5 800 2023 13.4 13.1 98 0.3 13.3 248 17 305.5 307.7 294.6 341.3 11.96 6 750 2564 10.1 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 282 20 307.5 309.3 293.3 336.0 9.42 7 700 3135 6.8 3.8 81 3.0 5.1 294 22 310.0 311.3 292.3 332.2 7.20 8 650 3742 3.8 -1.0 71 4.8 1.3 294 20 313.3 314.3 291.9 330.5 5.48 9 600 4388 -0.0 -4.1 74 4.1 -2.0 288 18 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.1 4.70 10 550 5081 -3.1 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.3 295 24 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.3 4.58 11 500 5829 -7.9 -10.2 83 2.3 -8.8 295 26 323.5 324.1 293.1 335.2 3.53 12 450 6642 -12.3 -18.2 62 5.9 -14.3 284 23 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.7 2.03 13 400 7532 -18.1 -28.6 39 10.5 -20.6 285 24 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.90 14 350 8515 -24.9 -42.6 18 17.7 -27.3 298 26 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.25 15 300 9613 -34.7 -47.7 25 13.0 -35.8 297 29 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.17 16 250 10856 -45.9 -55.3 34 9.4 -46.3 315 48 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.08 17 200 12304 -55.9 -66.9 24 11.0 -56.1 316 71 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 14083 -65.8 -76.9 20 11.0 -65.9 279 41 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16560 -64.5 -88.4 2 24.0 -64.6 288 24 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.75 m Freezing level: 600.02 mb = 4387.37 m = 14394.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 3988.69 m = 13086.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.46 mb = 1020.52 m = 3348.12 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.66 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1385.71 m = 4546.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1433.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.51 mb = 1233.23 m = 4045.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.51 mb = 1482.08 m = 4862.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.51 mb = 12869.54 m = 42222.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1418.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.51 mb = 15839.45 m = 51966.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 18.67 Bulk Shear: 76.79 m/s