MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.87,-77.56 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -77.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 997 53 32.3 21.5 53 10.8 24.4 231 14 305.8 308.8 297.7 354.9 16.41 2 950 483 28.0 18.8 58 9.1 21.5 233 25 305.6 308.3 296.4 349.2 14.57 3 900 960 23.3 17.9 71 5.5 19.5 233 27 305.6 308.3 296.4 348.9 14.47 4 850 1456 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 233 28 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.5 14.34 5 800 1973 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 241 31 306.1 308.5 295.3 343.9 12.58 6 750 2516 10.7 10.0 96 0.7 10.3 253 38 308.2 310.1 294.2 339.6 10.35 7 700 3089 7.6 6.6 94 1.0 7.0 249 41 310.9 312.5 293.8 337.9 8.78 8 650 3697 4.3 3.1 92 1.2 3.6 249 45 313.8 315.2 293.5 336.9 7.38 9 600 4345 1.2 -1.6 82 2.7 -0.3 255 45 317.5 318.6 293.2 335.6 5.69 10 550 5039 -3.6 -5.0 90 1.3 -4.3 266 44 319.8 320.7 293.2 335.3 4.81 11 500 5787 -7.4 -7.9 96 0.5 -7.6 268 43 324.0 324.9 293.8 338.0 4.22 12 450 6602 -11.9 -16.5 68 4.6 -13.5 263 47 328.3 328.8 293.4 336.4 2.34 13 400 7492 -18.6 -39.0 15 20.5 -22.0 258 56 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.32 14 350 8471 -26.3 -51.1 8 24.7 -28.7 254 61 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9565 -34.9 -59.0 7 24.0 -36.3 254 55 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.04 16 250 10815 -43.6 -64.0 9 20.4 -44.3 240 51 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12274 -54.5 -71.1 11 16.6 -54.8 242 54 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.0 -62.7 258 39 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16565 -65.4 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 263 23 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.86 m Freezing level: 587.93 mb = 4512.92 m = 14805.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.53 mb = 4297.86 m = 14100.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.29 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.91 mb = 1426.28 m = 4679.35 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1602.24 m = 5256.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.15 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 41.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1886.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.87 mb = 1588.78 m = 5212.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.87 mb = 1639.91 m = 5380.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.87 mb = 12869.58 m = 42222.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1871.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 155.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 39.11 Bulk Shear: 48.23 m/s