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: 38.84,-77.44 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -77.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 993 93 24.7 19.9 74 4.9 21.3 117 7 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.6 14.84 2 950 478 19.9 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 125 10 297.4 299.9 293.9 338.3 14.13 3 900 946 19.6 17.0 85 2.6 17.8 170 18 301.7 304.2 294.8 341.9 13.65 4 850 1436 16.2 15.1 93 1.1 15.4 188 27 303.1 305.4 294.6 341.0 12.77 5 800 1950 12.9 11.8 93 1.1 12.2 208 34 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.7 10.96 6 750 2490 9.9 8.5 91 1.3 9.0 213 42 307.3 309.0 293.2 335.6 9.35 7 700 3061 6.5 4.6 88 1.9 5.4 216 47 309.7 311.1 292.6 333.1 7.63 8 650 3667 3.2 0.6 83 2.7 1.8 219 49 312.6 313.8 292.2 331.8 6.14 9 600 4311 -0.2 -3.2 80 3.0 -1.7 226 48 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.02 10 550 5004 -3.9 -5.1 91 1.2 -4.5 230 46 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.9 4.76 11 500 5750 -8.4 -10.3 86 1.9 -9.2 231 43 322.8 323.5 292.9 334.4 3.50 12 450 6561 -13.3 -15.3 85 2.0 -14.0 235 40 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.3 2.59 13 400 7447 -19.0 -30.8 35 11.7 -21.5 242 38 330.3 330.4 292.5 333.0 0.74 14 350 8427 -25.5 -45.1 14 19.6 -27.9 242 34 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.20 15 300 9527 -33.8 -45.3 31 11.5 -35.0 243 35 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.22 16 250 10777 -44.3 -49.6 56 5.3 -44.6 229 37 340.2 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.17 17 200 12232 -55.9 -73.5 9 17.6 -56.1 238 49 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 18 150 14030 -61.2 -77.9 9 16.7 -61.4 273 47 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16532 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 256 25 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.16 m Freezing level: 603.46 mb = 4266.85 m = 13998.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.72 mb = 3986.18 m = 13077.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.86 mb = 709.90 m = 2329.04 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1349.85 m = 4428.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.52 mb = 873.53 m = 2865.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.52 mb = 1923.28 m = 6309.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.52 mb = 9467.46 m = 31060.83 ft B at Equ Level: 331.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.52 mb = 13155.42 m = 43160.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 372.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 372.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 201.66 m/s