MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.38,-77.14 Latitude: 40.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 99 SFC 989 200 25.6 19.8 71 5.7 21.5 245 6 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.3 14.91 2 950 548 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.1 243 10 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.3 13.39 3 900 1016 18.0 16.6 91 1.5 17.1 239 10 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.0 13.29 4 850 1503 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 231 15 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.4 10.89 5 800 2014 11.5 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 216 17 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.3 9.33 6 750 2551 8.4 6.1 85 2.3 7.1 221 19 305.7 307.2 291.6 329.5 7.88 7 700 3119 5.2 3.2 87 2.0 4.1 231 20 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.3 6.89 8 650 3721 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 231 22 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.8 5.78 9 600 4362 -2.1 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.9 237 20 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.90 10 550 5050 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 250 21 318.0 318.9 292.5 332.8 4.60 11 500 5794 -8.8 -9.1 98 0.3 -8.9 256 24 322.3 323.0 293.0 334.9 3.84 12 450 6600 -15.2 -17.2 85 2.0 -15.9 256 25 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.21 13 400 7480 -21.0 -22.2 90 1.2 -21.3 259 27 327.7 328.1 292.6 333.4 1.61 14 350 8451 -28.5 -34.8 55 6.3 -29.5 254 29 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.4 0.57 15 300 9537 -37.0 -52.7 18 15.7 -37.9 250 33 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10772 -46.4 -64.6 11 18.2 -46.9 255 35 337.1 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.03 17 200 12220 -56.3 -70.9 14 14.6 -56.5 278 44 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.01 18 150 14014 -60.8 -77.0 10 16.2 -61.0 269 41 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16530 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 260 24 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.20 m Freezing level: 628.32 mb = 3998.74 m = 13119.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.89 mb = 3833.94 m = 12578.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.66 mb = 923.92 m = 3031.20 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1216.55 m = 3991.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.62 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 33.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 930.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.65 mb = 1143.71 m = 3752.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.65 mb = 1289.10 m = 4229.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.65 mb = 11266.56 m = 36963.34 ft B at Equ Level: 927.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.65 mb = 14369.91 m = 47144.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 71.85 Bulk Shear: 12.95 m/s