MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 36.19,-76.9 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -76.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 11 29.1 21.5 64 7.5 23.6 138 7 301.6 304.6 296.5 349.5 16.26 1 1000 70 29.0 21.1 62 7.9 23.3 143 10 302.2 305.1 296.4 349.2 15.92 2 950 526 25.5 19.5 70 6.0 21.3 177 17 303.1 305.9 296.3 348.2 15.23 3 900 1000 22.2 17.7 76 4.5 19.1 210 22 304.4 307.0 296.0 347.0 14.31 4 850 1494 17.8 17.1 95 0.7 17.4 217 27 304.8 307.6 296.3 348.4 14.59 5 800 2011 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 225 32 305.8 308.0 294.9 342.5 12.26 6 750 2552 9.1 7.5 90 1.5 8.2 242 32 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.8 8.74 7 700 3120 6.3 -6.1 41 12.4 0.6 254 36 309.5 310.1 288.9 320.4 3.47 8 650 3725 3.7 -16.0 22 19.8 -3.6 256 35 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.7 1.68 9 600 4369 -0.3 -9.8 49 9.5 -4.4 265 29 315.7 316.3 290.5 325.5 3.02 10 550 5060 -4.8 -8.5 75 3.7 -6.4 276 28 318.4 319.1 291.8 330.3 3.66 11 500 5804 -8.7 -22.4 32 13.7 -12.8 269 29 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.27 12 450 6612 -14.0 -37.9 11 23.9 -18.4 260 28 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.32 13 400 7492 -22.0 -41.2 16 19.3 -24.7 261 26 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.26 14 350 8456 -30.0 -44.7 23 14.7 -31.5 251 29 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.20 15 300 9535 -38.8 -56.4 14 17.6 -39.7 242 33 330.6 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.06 16 250 10760 -48.1 -56.6 37 8.6 -48.4 247 47 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12197 -57.0 -64.1 40 7.2 -57.1 243 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 18 150 13998 -60.1 -79.4 6 19.3 -60.3 252 51 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16518 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 249 17 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.03 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4317.70 m = 14165.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.82 mb = 3204.40 m = 10512.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.81 mb = 972.98 m = 3192.15 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 29.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1496.45 m = 4909.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.83 C Showalter Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 31.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2576.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.39 mb = 1269.74 m = 4165.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.39 mb = 1724.36 m = 5657.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.39 mb = 12948.01 m = 42479.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2534.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.39 mb = 16074.91 m = 52738.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 325.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.05 Bulk Rich Number: 21.78 Bulk Shear: 118.30 m/s