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: 40.58,-77.74 Latitude: 40.58 Longitude: -77.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 975 325 23.8 20.0 79 3.8 21.2 229 7 299.2 302.0 295.2 343.7 15.27 2 950 549 21.2 17.6 80 3.6 18.7 230 10 298.7 301.2 293.8 337.8 13.43 3 900 1015 16.7 16.0 96 0.7 16.3 231 12 298.7 301.1 293.3 336.0 12.81 4 850 1501 14.2 11.3 83 2.9 12.4 243 19 301.0 302.8 291.8 330.4 9.97 5 800 2011 11.4 8.5 83 2.9 9.6 233 20 303.3 304.9 291.5 329.4 8.75 6 750 2548 8.3 5.4 82 2.9 6.6 234 21 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.3 7.53 7 700 3115 5.1 2.2 81 2.9 3.5 239 21 308.1 309.3 291.1 327.8 6.42 8 650 3717 1.5 -1.5 80 3.0 0.0 244 21 310.7 311.7 290.9 327.1 5.27 9 600 4357 -2.0 -4.5 82 2.6 -3.2 246 21 313.9 314.7 291.2 328.3 4.55 10 550 5046 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.9 248 21 317.9 318.7 292.2 331.5 4.21 11 500 5789 -9.1 -10.7 88 1.7 -9.8 254 24 322.0 322.6 292.6 333.1 3.37 12 450 6596 -14.5 -16.2 87 1.7 -15.2 253 23 325.0 325.4 292.6 333.1 2.39 13 400 7477 -20.9 -24.4 74 3.5 -21.8 256 28 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.5 1.33 14 350 8449 -28.7 -39.0 36 10.3 -30.0 253 32 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.37 15 300 9533 -37.4 -45.5 42 8.1 -38.0 252 32 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.22 16 250 10766 -46.3 -65.4 10 19.1 -46.9 261 37 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.02 17 200 12214 -57.2 -67.1 27 9.9 -57.4 309 74 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.02 18 150 14007 -59.6 -76.7 9 17.1 -59.8 267 45 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16529 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 270 25 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.80 m Freezing level: 628.02 mb = 3998.32 m = 13117.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.69 mb = 3720.37 m = 12205.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.65 mb = 810.24 m = 2658.23 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1107.68 m = 3634.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.90 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 519.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.50 mb = 1076.56 m = 3531.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.50 mb = 1220.46 m = 4004.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.50 mb = 10540.07 m = 34579.85 ft B at Equ Level: 517.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.50 mb = 13282.22 m = 43576.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 37.06 Bulk Shear: 14.01 m/s