MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.25,-77.32 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -77.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 38 30.2 23.2 66 7.0 25.0 129 7 303.3 306.7 298.1 357.3 18.17 1 1000 41 29.0 22.6 68 6.5 24.3 128 5 302.2 305.4 297.4 353.9 17.48 2 950 496 24.4 21.1 82 3.3 22.0 143 9 301.9 305.0 297.0 351.4 16.79 3 900 967 20.1 19.1 94 1.0 19.4 181 15 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.6 15.68 4 850 1459 16.6 14.5 88 2.0 15.2 215 21 303.5 305.8 294.4 340.1 12.34 5 800 1973 13.6 10.0 79 3.6 11.4 238 26 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.9 9.71 6 750 2514 10.2 6.1 75 4.2 7.8 232 30 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.7 7.87 7 700 3086 7.7 -1.5 52 9.1 2.9 229 35 311.0 311.9 290.7 326.3 4.92 8 650 3693 4.3 -2.1 63 6.4 1.0 233 42 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.8 5.05 9 600 4340 -0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.6 237 48 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.4 3.49 10 550 5030 -5.0 -11.9 59 6.8 -7.8 239 53 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.3 2.80 11 500 5772 -10.0 -15.2 65 5.3 -11.8 239 54 320.9 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.34 12 450 6576 -14.9 -26.7 36 11.8 -17.9 233 50 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.9 0.95 13 400 7457 -20.3 -28.3 49 8.0 -22.1 230 48 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.93 14 350 8434 -26.2 -33.5 50 7.3 -27.5 234 44 333.4 333.6 293.3 335.8 0.65 15 300 9530 -34.7 -41.0 53 6.2 -35.4 236 37 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.8 0.35 16 250 10775 -44.6 -56.5 25 11.9 -45.1 236 43 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12226 -57.7 -63.4 48 5.7 -57.8 246 40 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13994 -66.7 -71.8 49 5.0 -66.8 206 44 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16502 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 247 29 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.34 m Freezing level: 600.24 mb = 4336.54 m = 14227.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3832.55 m = 12573.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.41 mb = 924.76 m = 3033.97 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 30.94 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 965.55 m = 3167.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -7.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.32 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 31.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2685.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.82 mb = 940.11 m = 3084.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.82 mb = 988.26 m = 3242.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.82 mb = 13681.33 m = 44885.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2669.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 203.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 15.64 Bulk Shear: 171.70 m/s