MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.87,-77.61 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -77.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 999 59 31.8 21.3 54 10.4 24.2 236 8 305.0 308.0 297.4 353.4 16.21 2 950 508 26.0 18.8 65 7.2 20.9 236 11 303.6 306.3 295.9 346.8 14.55 3 900 981 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.9 237 12 303.6 306.2 295.8 346.4 14.41 4 850 1474 17.0 15.1 89 1.9 15.8 247 16 304.0 306.4 294.8 342.2 12.83 5 800 1990 14.3 9.6 73 4.8 11.3 253 28 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.40 6 750 2532 10.8 6.3 74 4.4 8.1 253 34 308.3 309.8 292.4 332.7 8.02 7 700 3104 7.4 4.0 79 3.4 5.5 253 38 310.7 312.1 292.6 333.2 7.30 8 650 3711 3.5 1.6 87 1.9 2.5 255 41 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.7 6.64 9 600 4357 -0.1 -5.4 67 5.3 -2.6 255 42 316.0 316.9 291.6 329.7 4.27 10 550 5050 -2.9 -18.6 29 15.7 -8.3 256 46 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.60 11 500 5799 -6.9 -22.2 28 15.3 -11.6 258 47 324.7 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.29 12 450 6614 -11.3 -17.0 63 5.7 -13.3 261 42 329.0 329.5 293.5 336.8 2.24 13 400 7507 -17.3 -27.7 40 10.5 -19.8 254 40 332.5 332.7 293.3 336.1 0.98 14 350 8493 -24.3 -46.5 11 22.1 -27.1 241 39 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.17 15 300 9595 -33.8 -50.5 17 16.6 -35.2 239 39 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.12 16 250 10846 -44.0 -54.5 30 10.5 -44.5 289 39 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.09 17 200 12297 -57.3 -62.2 53 5.0 -57.3 252 49 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 18 150 14072 -64.5 -77.0 16 12.5 -64.6 254 38 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16539 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 267 33 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.11 m Freezing level: 600.95 mb = 4344.33 m = 14252.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.67 mb = 4018.70 m = 13184.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.54 mb = 1377.82 m = 4520.34 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.15 mb = 1411.83 m = 4631.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.71 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1471.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.50 mb = 1408.36 m = 4620.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.50 mb = 1458.83 m = 4786.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.50 mb = 13245.59 m = 43456.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1441.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.50 mb = 15876.96 m = 52089.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 19.75 Bulk Shear: 74.53 m/s