MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 36.85,-76.98 Latitude: 36.85 Longitude: -76.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 21 29.0 21.5 64 7.5 23.6 164 9 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.7 16.31 1 1000 69 28.0 20.8 65 7.2 22.9 167 9 301.2 304.0 296.0 347.2 15.64 2 950 522 23.4 19.6 79 3.9 20.7 173 13 301.0 303.8 295.7 345.8 15.27 3 900 992 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 191 14 301.1 303.8 295.4 344.8 14.85 4 850 1481 15.7 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 231 24 302.6 304.7 293.3 335.7 11.18 5 800 1994 13.0 7.9 71 5.0 9.9 246 33 305.0 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.41 6 750 2534 9.7 4.7 71 5.0 6.8 255 35 307.1 308.5 291.4 328.9 7.14 7 700 3103 6.0 1.2 71 4.8 3.4 248 36 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.5 5.97 8 650 3707 2.6 -2.4 70 4.9 0.1 246 38 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.4 4.95 9 600 4349 -1.5 -14.7 36 13.1 -6.4 252 38 314.3 314.7 289.0 321.1 2.04 10 550 5038 -3.8 -32.2 9 28.3 -10.7 254 40 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.47 11 500 5783 -8.6 -28.2 19 19.6 -13.6 253 37 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.75 12 450 6591 -14.0 -44.9 5 30.9 -18.7 261 31 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.15 13 400 7472 -21.6 -46.1 9 24.5 -24.6 264 32 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.15 14 350 8437 -29.8 -46.2 19 16.3 -31.4 252 32 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 15 300 9518 -36.9 -40.3 71 3.4 -37.2 234 38 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.38 16 250 10756 -46.4 -50.0 67 3.5 -46.6 229 52 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12196 -58.2 -62.4 59 4.1 -58.3 231 65 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 13988 -61.0 -77.5 10 16.5 -61.2 234 48 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16506 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 256 21 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.42 m Freezing level: 618.63 mb = 4109.70 m = 13483.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.18 mb = 3717.30 m = 12195.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.64 mb = 966.18 m = 3169.84 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 28.67 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.31 mb = 1036.38 m = 3400.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.55 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.52 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2055.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.65 mb = 1014.08 m = 3326.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.65 mb = 1061.91 m = 3483.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.65 mb = 12761.31 m = 41867.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2035.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.65 mb = 15766.25 m = 51725.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.7 neg: -11.3 tot: 203.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.47 Bulk Rich Number: 16.93 Bulk Shear: 121.43 m/s