MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.52,-78.61 Latitude: 38.52 Longitude: -78.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 951 450 23.4 21.7 90 1.7 22.2 144 10 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.0 17.41 2 950 458 22.7 21.0 90 1.7 21.5 143 9 300.3 303.3 296.5 349.4 16.76 3 900 928 19.1 17.7 91 1.4 18.1 171 27 301.2 303.8 295.1 343.2 14.27 4 850 1418 16.2 14.9 92 1.4 15.3 203 40 303.1 305.5 294.4 340.5 12.61 5 800 1932 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.7 223 47 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.4 11.36 6 750 2474 10.6 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 221 49 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.8 10.15 7 700 3047 7.3 6.7 96 0.6 6.9 219 54 310.6 312.2 293.7 337.7 8.85 8 650 3653 3.6 2.8 95 0.8 3.2 222 56 313.1 314.4 293.2 335.6 7.24 9 600 4300 -0.2 -1.0 94 0.8 -0.6 227 56 315.9 317.1 293.0 334.7 5.94 10 550 4992 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 234 54 319.7 320.7 293.3 336.1 5.08 11 500 5741 -7.2 -8.0 95 0.7 -7.6 242 53 324.2 325.0 293.9 338.1 4.20 12 450 6556 -11.8 -14.3 82 2.5 -12.8 247 55 328.4 328.9 293.8 338.0 2.81 13 400 7446 -18.4 -34.7 23 16.3 -21.5 247 54 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.9 0.50 14 350 8427 -25.6 -39.3 27 13.7 -27.6 250 47 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.36 15 300 9525 -34.1 -40.2 54 6.1 -34.8 258 32 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.38 16 250 10774 -44.3 -58.4 19 14.1 -44.9 247 29 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 17 200 12232 -55.0 -74.6 7 19.6 -55.2 245 48 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14034 -61.3 -78.6 8 17.3 -61.5 263 54 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16538 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 268 27 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.34 m Freezing level: 602.31 mb = 4269.92 m = 14008.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.20 mb = 4190.16 m = 13747.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.72 mb = 664.34 m = 2179.58 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1221.16 m = 4006.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.45 mb = 1106.26 m = 3629.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.45 mb = 1453.53 m = 4768.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.45 mb = 11715.73 m = 38436.98 ft B at Equ Level: 797.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.45 mb = 14618.43 m = 47960.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 565.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 565.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 236.64 m/s