MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 39.29,-77.16 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -77.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 993 154 28.2 19.6 59 8.7 22.1 226 7 302.0 304.7 295.5 345.0 14.58 2 950 545 24.1 16.8 64 7.3 19.1 228 8 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.4 12.80 3 900 1015 19.6 15.8 79 3.8 17.1 228 9 301.7 304.0 294.1 339.0 12.66 4 850 1504 15.2 13.5 90 1.7 14.1 234 9 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.2 11.53 5 800 2016 12.3 9.1 81 3.1 10.3 268 10 304.2 305.9 292.1 331.5 9.12 6 750 2555 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.3 263 11 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.4 6.95 7 700 3123 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.1 254 14 308.6 309.7 290.8 326.8 5.89 8 650 3725 1.7 -2.0 76 3.7 -0.2 243 14 310.9 311.9 290.8 326.8 5.08 9 600 4366 -2.4 -6.5 73 4.1 -4.2 239 15 313.4 314.1 290.5 325.9 3.92 10 550 5053 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.7 266 18 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.95 11 500 5794 -8.8 -14.1 66 5.3 -10.8 283 21 322.3 322.8 291.9 330.9 2.57 12 450 6602 -14.3 -26.1 36 11.9 -17.3 285 21 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.01 13 400 7485 -20.2 -35.6 24 15.4 -22.9 287 21 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.5 0.46 14 350 8458 -27.9 -46.5 15 18.7 -29.9 288 26 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.17 15 300 9544 -37.1 -52.6 18 15.5 -38.1 280 33 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10778 -46.3 -62.4 14 16.1 -46.8 280 34 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12226 -56.0 -70.9 14 14.9 -56.2 292 40 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 18 150 14027 -61.4 -77.1 11 15.7 -61.5 274 37 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16533 -62.8 -89.2 2 26.3 -63.0 260 27 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.48 m Freezing level: 628.98 mb = 3994.37 m = 13104.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.38 mb = 3695.50 m = 12124.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.69 mb = 1249.56 m = 4099.56 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.71 mb = 1467.13 m = 4813.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 33.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 935.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.95 mb = 1424.73 m = 4674.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.95 mb = 1574.74 m = 5166.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.95 mb = 11520.86 m = 37797.63 ft B at Equ Level: 927.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.95 mb = 14324.95 m = 46997.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 118.51 Bulk Shear: 7.89 m/s