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: 38.28,-77.14 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -77.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 18 29.2 23.7 72 5.6 25.1 115 7 302.1 305.6 298.2 357.3 18.66 1 1000 44 27.9 22.8 74 5.1 24.2 113 6 301.1 304.3 297.4 353.4 17.77 2 950 497 23.0 21.6 92 1.4 22.0 135 10 300.5 303.7 296.9 351.4 17.32 3 900 968 19.9 18.4 91 1.4 18.9 190 17 302.0 304.7 295.8 346.2 15.00 4 850 1459 16.6 13.4 82 3.1 14.5 224 23 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.5 11.45 5 800 1973 13.9 9.9 77 4.0 11.4 238 26 306.0 307.8 293.0 335.0 9.65 6 750 2515 10.6 5.7 72 4.9 7.8 233 29 308.1 309.5 292.2 331.6 7.71 7 700 3087 7.6 -1.2 53 8.9 3.1 233 34 310.9 311.9 290.7 326.5 4.99 8 650 3694 4.5 -4.3 53 8.8 0.2 233 41 314.0 314.9 291.0 327.7 4.29 9 600 4341 0.1 -8.1 54 8.2 -3.6 236 46 316.3 316.9 291.0 327.5 3.46 10 550 5031 -4.8 -9.8 68 5.0 -7.0 239 52 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.1 3.30 11 500 5773 -10.2 -12.8 82 2.5 -11.2 240 53 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.1 2.87 12 450 6577 -15.1 -24.9 43 9.8 -17.7 236 49 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.2 1.12 13 400 7458 -20.3 -29.5 44 9.2 -22.3 231 48 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.6 0.83 14 350 8435 -26.2 -35.6 41 9.3 -27.8 236 44 333.4 333.5 293.2 335.3 0.53 15 300 9531 -34.7 -40.4 56 5.7 -35.4 237 37 336.4 336.5 293.8 337.8 0.37 16 250 10776 -44.6 -57.4 23 12.8 -45.2 239 42 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.07 17 200 12226 -57.8 -63.3 49 5.5 -57.9 251 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13995 -66.5 -72.0 46 5.4 -66.6 208 43 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16503 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 248 28 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.12 m Freezing level: 598.67 mb = 4359.23 m = 14301.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3726.84 m = 12227.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.34 mb = 726.26 m = 2382.72 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 30.79 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 866.47 m = 2842.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.17 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2569.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.42 mb = 782.08 m = 2565.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.42 mb = 1021.28 m = 3350.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.42 mb = 13430.66 m = 44063.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2566.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.25 Bulk Rich Number: 13.92 Bulk Shear: 184.51 m/s