MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.89,-83.47 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -83.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 979 309 26.0 22.0 79 4.0 23.1 204 6 300.9 304.1 297.0 351.6 17.23 2 950 573 22.4 19.7 84 2.7 20.5 207 8 299.9 302.7 295.4 344.8 15.34 3 900 1041 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 216 12 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.7 12.72 4 850 1529 14.9 13.0 88 1.9 13.7 218 14 301.8 303.8 293.0 334.7 11.15 5 800 2041 12.3 9.5 83 2.7 10.6 235 15 304.2 305.9 292.3 332.2 9.37 6 750 2580 9.3 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 252 16 306.7 308.2 291.8 330.3 7.78 7 700 3149 6.2 2.4 76 3.8 4.1 270 17 309.4 310.6 291.5 329.4 6.50 8 650 3753 2.1 -0.1 85 2.2 1.0 277 19 311.4 312.5 291.6 329.6 5.85 9 600 4395 -1.8 -4.0 85 2.2 -2.9 287 20 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.75 10 550 5083 -5.4 -8.0 82 2.6 -6.5 292 20 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.0 3.80 11 500 5825 -9.5 -11.7 84 2.2 -10.4 281 22 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.8 3.12 12 450 6632 -14.6 -22.4 51 7.8 -16.8 286 25 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.8 1.41 13 400 7513 -20.5 -45.6 9 25.1 -23.8 292 36 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.16 14 350 8485 -27.6 -37.0 40 9.4 -29.0 290 57 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.46 15 300 9578 -34.8 -42.9 44 8.1 -35.7 290 67 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.4 0.29 16 250 10823 -45.4 -50.6 56 5.2 -45.7 298 75 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.15 17 200 12273 -55.7 -69.8 16 14.1 -55.9 302 72 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 14068 -61.3 -77.7 10 16.4 -61.4 286 46 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16565 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 271 34 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.39 m Freezing level: 622.67 mb = 4103.53 m = 13462.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.43 mb = 3909.25 m = 12825.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.15 mb = 811.82 m = 2663.42 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1154.80 m = 3788.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1079.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.03 mb = 1107.46 m = 3633.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.03 mb = 1252.06 m = 4107.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.03 mb = 11712.17 m = 38425.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1073.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.03 mb = 14580.32 m = 47835.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 296.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 38.06 Bulk Shear: 28.36 m/s