MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 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 71 SFC 985 200 20.4 19.6 95 0.8 19.8 65 1 294.8 297.4 293.6 336.9 14.71 2 950 516 21.2 17.8 81 3.5 18.9 195 7 298.7 301.2 293.9 338.3 13.59 3 900 983 17.7 16.3 91 1.4 16.8 228 11 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.0 13.07 4 850 1470 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 241 13 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.5 12.02 5 800 1980 11.5 11.4 99 0.2 11.4 244 16 303.5 305.4 293.1 335.1 10.63 6 750 2518 8.6 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 248 14 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.4 9.15 7 700 3087 5.6 4.7 94 0.9 5.1 249 16 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.1 7.65 8 650 3690 2.5 0.7 88 1.7 1.5 248 17 311.8 312.9 292.0 331.1 6.21 9 600 4333 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.2 -2.8 247 18 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.59 10 550 5023 -5.1 -9.3 72 4.3 -6.9 247 19 318.1 318.7 291.5 329.3 3.43 11 500 5765 -9.1 -25.1 26 16.0 -13.5 250 17 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.5 1.00 12 450 6573 -13.8 -29.4 26 15.6 -17.5 249 26 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.74 13 400 7457 -19.5 -23.1 73 3.5 -20.5 234 46 329.6 329.9 293.0 334.9 1.49 14 350 8436 -25.9 -29.6 71 3.7 -26.6 252 47 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.3 0.94 15 300 9533 -35.3 -38.3 74 3.0 -35.7 251 56 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.47 16 250 10775 -45.3 -48.7 69 3.3 -45.5 260 66 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12223 -57.0 -62.0 53 5.0 -57.1 269 76 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14016 -63.9 -77.7 14 13.8 -64.0 258 55 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16519 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 282 37 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.20 m Freezing level: 617.02 mb = 4114.16 m = 13497.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.20 mb = 3912.99 m = 12837.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.27 mb = 296.89 m = 974.05 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1150.63 m = 3775.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.07 mb = 934.08 m = 3064.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.07 mb = 1369.21 m = 4492.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.07 mb = 8228.04 m = 26994.54 ft B at Equ Level: 311.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.07 mb = 12877.18 m = 42247.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 62.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.57 Bulk Shear: 20.09 m/s