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: 36.71,-76.93 Latitude: 36.71 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 16 26.5 22.6 79 3.9 23.7 89 6 299.1 302.3 296.6 350.0 17.44 1 1000 73 26.8 21.6 73 5.2 23.0 93 9 299.9 302.9 296.2 348.0 16.42 2 950 526 23.9 19.6 77 4.4 20.9 170 9 301.5 304.3 295.8 346.4 15.26 3 900 997 20.2 17.9 86 2.4 18.6 214 17 302.4 305.0 295.6 345.2 14.47 4 850 1488 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 217 20 303.3 305.8 295.3 343.8 13.66 5 800 2003 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.4 214 28 305.6 307.8 294.8 341.9 12.13 6 750 2545 10.0 9.9 99 0.2 9.9 229 31 307.5 309.4 294.0 338.5 10.25 7 700 3116 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 247 30 309.4 311.0 293.0 334.9 8.35 8 650 3721 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 255 28 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.3 6.91 9 600 4363 -1.4 -2.3 94 0.9 -1.9 264 31 314.5 315.5 292.1 331.5 5.39 10 550 5053 -4.7 -5.7 93 1.0 -5.2 272 32 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.2 4.54 11 500 5798 -8.9 -15.8 57 6.9 -11.4 270 34 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.7 2.23 12 450 6605 -14.2 -28.1 30 13.9 -17.6 259 31 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.84 13 400 7485 -22.0 -42.2 14 20.2 -24.7 258 30 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.23 14 350 8449 -30.3 -49.6 13 19.3 -32.0 253 30 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.12 15 300 9526 -39.1 -55.0 17 15.9 -39.9 246 31 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 16 250 10750 -48.2 -57.2 35 9.0 -48.6 240 40 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12186 -57.2 -61.4 59 4.1 -57.3 244 46 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 13987 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.3 -60.4 249 49 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16512 -60.6 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 256 17 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.94 m Freezing level: 617.86 mb = 4133.88 m = 13562.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.99 mb = 4074.42 m = 13367.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.54 mb = 511.49 m = 1678.08 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1210.39 m = 3971.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.46 C Showalter Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 41.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2386.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.00 mb = 1006.56 m = 3302.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.00 mb = 1347.92 m = 4422.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.00 mb = 12708.07 m = 41692.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2362.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 18.36 Bulk Shear: 129.95 m/s