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: 36.49,-76.90 Latitude: 36.49 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 10 28.5 21.6 66 6.9 23.5 102 6 301.1 304.1 296.4 349.0 16.31 1 1000 69 28.3 21.0 65 7.3 23.1 105 8 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.2 15.89 2 950 524 25.6 19.3 68 6.3 21.2 174 13 303.2 306.0 296.1 347.7 15.01 3 900 998 21.8 17.7 77 4.2 18.9 208 21 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.4 14.27 4 850 1491 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.8 211 25 304.2 306.9 295.8 346.5 14.18 5 800 2007 13.6 13.4 99 0.2 13.4 219 34 305.6 307.9 294.8 342.0 12.15 6 750 2547 9.0 8.3 96 0.7 8.6 233 34 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.2 9.23 7 700 3116 5.9 2.0 76 3.8 3.8 253 32 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.5 6.34 8 650 3720 2.9 -0.4 79 3.3 1.2 258 30 312.2 313.3 291.7 330.2 5.74 9 600 4364 -0.9 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.9 266 29 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.20 10 550 5054 -4.7 -5.7 93 0.9 -5.2 275 30 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.2 4.56 11 500 5800 -8.1 -14.4 60 6.3 -10.5 272 32 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.6 2.51 12 450 6608 -14.2 -36.2 14 21.9 -18.4 261 29 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.39 13 400 7487 -22.0 -41.6 15 19.5 -24.8 262 27 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.25 14 350 8452 -30.0 -47.9 16 17.9 -31.7 253 30 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.14 15 300 9529 -39.1 -56.6 14 17.5 -40.0 244 31 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.06 16 250 10753 -48.1 -57.3 34 9.1 -48.4 241 41 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 17 200 12190 -57.1 -61.7 56 4.6 -57.2 244 45 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 13991 -60.3 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 251 50 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16514 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 254 17 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.24 m Freezing level: 612.15 mb = 4207.70 m = 13804.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.44 mb = 3966.06 m = 13011.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.46 mb = 896.34 m = 2940.72 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.76 mb = 1432.71 m = 4700.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.11 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2518.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.37 mb = 1256.87 m = 4123.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.37 mb = 1608.30 m = 5276.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.37 mb = 12906.67 m = 42344.20 ft B at Equ Level: 2476.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.37 mb = 16013.52 m = 52537.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 350.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.31 Bulk Rich Number: 19.48 Bulk Shear: 129.30 m/s