MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.52,-75.82 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -75.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 991 179 27.2 21.8 72 5.5 23.3 162 7 301.2 304.3 296.7 350.6 16.78 2 950 547 23.1 20.0 82 3.2 20.9 163 9 300.6 303.5 295.8 346.5 15.63 3 900 1016 18.7 18.6 99 0.1 18.6 164 9 300.8 303.5 295.6 345.2 15.12 4 850 1505 15.0 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 163 5 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.6 11.43 5 800 2015 11.2 7.2 76 4.1 8.8 269 7 303.1 304.6 290.8 326.9 7.97 6 750 2552 9.3 -2.4 44 11.6 3.5 225 6 306.6 307.4 288.7 319.8 4.28 7 700 3120 5.4 -5.9 44 11.3 0.3 165 10 308.5 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.52 8 650 3721 1.7 -4.7 63 6.4 -1.3 162 12 310.8 311.6 289.9 323.9 4.15 9 600 4362 -1.8 -13.9 39 12.1 -6.4 185 4 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.1 2.18 10 550 5049 -5.5 -11.1 65 5.6 -7.8 278 8 317.6 318.1 290.9 327.3 2.98 11 500 5791 -9.5 -18.3 49 8.8 -12.4 259 12 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.6 1.81 12 450 6597 -14.4 -29.8 26 15.4 -17.9 248 20 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.7 0.72 13 400 7477 -21.2 -27.0 60 5.8 -22.5 244 24 327.5 327.7 292.0 331.2 1.05 14 350 8450 -27.2 -30.0 77 2.8 -27.8 237 32 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.3 0.90 15 300 9544 -35.5 -38.4 75 2.9 -35.9 226 37 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.1 0.46 16 250 10781 -47.3 -50.8 67 3.5 -47.4 217 36 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 17 200 12217 -57.1 -67.6 25 10.5 -57.2 229 40 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 14013 -60.8 -77.7 9 16.9 -61.0 259 44 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16526 -62.4 -89.2 2 26.9 -62.6 256 25 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.80 m Freezing level: 626.14 mb = 4026.65 m = 13210.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.97 mb = 3213.44 m = 10542.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.02 mb = 872.34 m = 2861.97 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 31.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 961.60 m = 3154.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.27 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 26.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2163.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.44 mb = 963.74 m = 3161.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.44 mb = 1011.82 m = 3319.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.44 mb = 12859.35 m = 42188.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2125.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.44 mb = 15910.53 m = 52199.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.6 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 236.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -10.2 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 425.66 Bulk Shear: 5.08 m/s