MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 39.18,-77.05 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -77.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 999 126 26.8 19.8 66 7.0 21.9 178 7 300.0 302.7 295.0 343.0 14.69 2 950 572 23.9 17.4 67 6.5 19.5 198 16 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.6 13.29 3 900 1042 19.4 16.4 83 3.0 17.4 202 16 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.2 13.15 4 850 1531 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.5 211 14 302.4 304.4 292.8 334.1 10.71 5 800 2045 15.4 -11.3 15 26.7 4.0 205 11 307.5 307.9 286.7 314.0 2.01 6 750 2588 12.8 -16.7 11 29.5 1.5 190 9 310.5 310.7 287.1 315.0 1.38 7 700 3162 8.6 -11.8 22 20.4 0.1 199 8 312.0 312.4 288.5 319.1 2.20 8 650 3769 3.8 -10.2 35 14.0 -2.1 198 10 313.2 313.8 289.3 322.0 2.71 9 600 4412 -1.3 -13.4 39 12.1 -5.9 190 11 314.7 315.1 289.4 322.1 2.27 10 550 5100 -5.7 -22.0 26 16.3 -10.6 197 14 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.4 1.20 11 500 5841 -9.1 -10.0 93 0.9 -9.5 274 8 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.57 12 450 6648 -13.6 -20.8 55 7.2 -15.8 265 11 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.62 13 400 7535 -18.9 -40.3 13 21.4 -22.3 273 20 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.5 0.28 14 350 8515 -26.1 -34.8 44 8.7 -27.5 268 24 333.6 333.7 293.3 335.7 0.57 15 300 9613 -34.2 -47.3 25 13.2 -35.3 282 23 337.2 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.18 16 250 10859 -44.4 -50.5 51 6.1 -44.7 260 35 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 17 200 12314 -57.1 -60.9 62 3.8 -57.2 243 53 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14090 -62.1 -79.1 8 17.1 -62.2 258 28 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16578 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 288 12 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.40 m Freezing level: 612.52 mb = 4250.99 m = 13946.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.24 mb = 3182.61 m = 10441.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.57 mb = 1017.57 m = 3338.43 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 29.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1447.33 m = 4748.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 16.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 513.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.42 mb = 1308.65 m = 4293.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.42 mb = 3430.50 m = 11254.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.42 mb = 10926.63 m = 35848.08 ft B at Equ Level: 512.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.42 mb = 13791.56 m = 45247.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -10.8 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 873.78 Bulk Shear: 0.59 m/s