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: 38.37,-81.52 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -81.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 976 290 24.4 20.5 79 3.9 21.6 264 8 299.6 302.5 295.7 345.6 15.73 2 950 523 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.2 265 11 298.7 301.3 294.3 339.8 14.15 3 900 989 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.6 269 13 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.4 13.29 4 850 1474 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.8 286 18 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.6 10.43 5 800 1984 11.4 9.2 86 2.2 10.0 276 21 303.3 304.9 291.9 330.5 9.15 6 750 2522 8.6 6.1 84 2.5 7.1 275 22 305.9 307.3 291.6 329.7 7.90 7 700 3090 5.4 2.5 81 2.9 3.8 282 23 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.6 6.56 8 650 3692 2.3 -1.8 74 4.2 0.3 276 26 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.8 5.15 9 600 4335 -1.2 -18.7 25 17.5 -7.1 276 28 314.8 315.0 288.6 319.6 1.45 10 550 5023 -5.4 -22.9 24 17.5 -10.6 283 27 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.4 1.10 11 500 5764 -9.1 -21.6 36 12.5 -12.9 282 33 321.9 322.2 290.7 326.6 1.36 12 450 6571 -14.5 -33.7 18 19.2 -18.4 293 36 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.49 13 400 7451 -21.2 -39.6 17 18.4 -24.0 295 44 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.31 14 350 8418 -29.2 -51.5 10 22.3 -31.1 293 47 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.10 15 300 9500 -38.0 -58.3 10 20.3 -39.0 288 51 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.05 16 250 10731 -46.4 -62.5 14 16.1 -46.9 278 73 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12181 -55.0 -71.8 11 16.8 -55.2 276 71 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 13991 -60.0 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.2 253 49 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16503 -62.2 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.4 255 37 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.89 m Freezing level: 616.75 mb = 4119.78 m = 13516.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.27 mb = 3713.70 m = 12183.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.93 mb = 781.33 m = 2563.39 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 25.97 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 940.24 m = 3084.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.49 C = 74.27 F Cap Strength: -0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 32.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 833.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.42 mb = 965.61 m = 3167.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.42 mb = 1013.14 m = 3323.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.42 mb = 11066.47 m = 36306.88 ft B at Equ Level: 826.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.42 mb = 13687.18 m = 44904.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 34.20 Bulk Shear: 24.37 m/s