MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 39.34,-77.01 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -77.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 988 159 25.8 21.3 76 4.4 22.6 297 8 300.0 303.0 296.2 347.9 16.38 2 950 499 22.5 19.5 83 3.1 20.4 294 11 300.0 302.8 295.4 344.4 15.16 3 900 968 18.2 17.9 98 0.3 18.0 289 13 300.3 303.0 295.0 342.8 14.50 4 850 1456 14.9 14.5 98 0.3 14.7 290 22 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.1 12.34 5 800 1967 11.5 10.6 94 1.0 10.9 297 24 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.4 10.06 6 750 2505 8.5 5.9 84 2.6 7.0 297 24 305.8 307.3 291.5 329.3 7.78 7 700 3073 5.8 2.3 78 3.5 3.9 294 27 308.9 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.48 8 650 3677 2.5 -0.0 84 2.5 1.1 290 30 311.7 312.9 291.7 330.1 5.88 9 600 4321 -0.2 -7.7 57 7.5 -3.6 285 34 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.57 10 550 5011 -4.6 -15.8 41 11.2 -8.7 279 35 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.4 2.02 11 500 5753 -9.8 -24.0 31 14.1 -13.8 277 37 321.0 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.10 12 450 6557 -15.7 -33.2 21 17.5 -19.2 275 40 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.3 0.52 13 400 7432 -22.3 -48.8 7 26.5 -25.2 277 46 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.11 14 350 8401 -28.2 -56.6 5 28.4 -30.4 277 53 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.05 15 300 9489 -36.1 -59.0 8 22.9 -37.3 291 66 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 16 250 10729 -46.1 -56.5 30 10.4 -46.5 296 95 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12170 -57.1 -66.9 28 9.8 -57.2 276 58 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 18 150 13977 -58.3 -79.0 5 20.7 -58.6 256 81 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16511 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 260 33 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.12 m Freezing level: 604.00 mb = 4268.99 m = 14005.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.91 mb = 3827.52 m = 12557.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.80 mb = 722.85 m = 2371.52 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.49 mb = 924.52 m = 3033.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.17 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1711.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.45 mb = 905.83 m = 2971.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.45 mb = 953.74 m = 3129.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.45 mb = 12444.65 m = 40828.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.45 mb = 15296.50 m = 50184.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 316.8 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 45.71 Bulk Shear: 37.44 m/s