MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.99,-76.95 Latitude: 36.99 Longitude: -76.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 23 30.2 21.5 60 8.7 23.9 197 7 303.0 306.0 297.0 351.4 16.33 1 1000 58 28.7 20.5 61 8.2 22.8 197 6 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.0 15.33 2 950 512 23.8 19.0 75 4.8 20.5 201 9 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.8 14.75 3 900 982 19.7 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 217 13 301.8 304.2 294.1 339.0 12.61 4 850 1473 16.3 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 235 24 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.7 10.90 5 800 1986 13.1 9.4 78 3.7 10.8 253 31 305.1 306.9 292.5 333.0 9.29 6 750 2526 9.8 6.3 79 3.4 7.8 250 34 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.04 7 700 3096 6.4 4.4 87 2.0 5.3 251 36 309.6 311.0 292.4 332.7 7.53 8 650 3701 2.8 1.1 89 1.7 1.9 248 38 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.0 6.39 9 600 4345 -1.0 -3.1 86 2.1 -2.0 248 35 315.0 315.9 292.0 331.1 5.08 10 550 5035 -5.0 -6.6 88 1.7 -5.7 246 36 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.9 4.23 11 500 5779 -8.5 -11.1 82 2.5 -9.6 253 40 322.6 323.3 292.7 333.5 3.28 12 450 6590 -13.4 -29.0 26 15.6 -17.1 252 46 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.77 13 400 7476 -18.8 -57.0 2 38.2 -22.8 248 44 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.04 14 350 8455 -26.1 -59.1 3 33.0 -28.7 258 45 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.04 15 300 9550 -35.3 -47.0 29 11.7 -36.3 259 59 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 16 250 10792 -45.2 -60.8 16 15.7 -45.7 253 53 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12246 -55.5 -71.9 11 16.5 -55.7 256 47 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 14042 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 255 46 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16528 -65.4 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 266 32 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.93 m Freezing level: 613.17 mb = 4175.48 m = 13698.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.87 mb = 4005.60 m = 13141.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.70 mb = 1119.49 m = 3672.81 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.80 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.60 mb = 1346.29 m = 4416.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1159.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.93 mb = 1185.35 m = 3888.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.93 mb = 1533.21 m = 5030.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.93 mb = 12118.91 m = 39759.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1153.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.93 mb = 15212.59 m = 49909.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 13.59 Bulk Shear: 85.32 m/s