MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.37,-78.03 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -78.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 994 98 26.6 22.7 79 3.9 23.8 52 5 300.2 303.4 297.1 352.1 17.71 2 950 498 21.8 20.2 91 1.6 20.7 64 7 299.3 302.2 295.7 345.8 15.91 3 900 965 18.1 17.5 96 0.6 17.7 138 8 300.2 302.7 294.7 341.5 14.12 4 850 1455 15.9 14.4 91 1.5 14.9 212 24 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.0 12.22 5 800 1968 13.3 11.6 90 1.6 12.2 228 38 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.7 10.82 6 750 2509 10.0 7.4 84 2.6 8.4 225 44 307.4 309.1 292.7 333.6 8.63 7 700 3080 6.5 5.4 93 1.1 5.9 229 49 309.7 311.3 292.9 334.5 8.09 8 650 3686 3.6 3.3 98 0.3 3.4 236 52 313.0 314.4 293.4 336.3 7.48 9 600 4332 -0.0 -1.2 92 1.2 -0.6 245 53 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.7 5.85 10 550 5026 -3.4 -4.8 90 1.4 -4.1 250 54 320.1 321.0 293.3 335.8 4.86 11 500 5774 -7.6 -9.2 88 1.6 -8.3 254 52 323.8 324.5 293.4 336.5 3.82 12 450 6588 -12.3 -14.7 82 2.4 -13.2 261 50 327.8 328.3 293.6 337.1 2.73 13 400 7478 -18.0 -27.5 43 9.5 -20.3 262 55 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.2 1.00 14 350 8459 -26.2 -41.2 23 15.0 -28.2 259 54 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.6 0.30 15 300 9555 -34.6 -44.9 34 10.3 -35.5 257 38 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 16 250 10805 -43.5 -51.5 41 7.9 -44.0 241 31 341.3 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.13 17 200 12263 -55.8 -71.8 12 16.0 -56.0 240 43 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 14063 -61.4 -79.0 8 17.7 -61.6 271 46 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16558 -65.8 -87.8 3 22.0 -66.0 263 26 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.54 m Freezing level: 600.11 mb = 4330.97 m = 14209.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.73 mb = 4229.11 m = 13874.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.95 mb = 589.87 m = 1935.26 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 783.46 m = 2570.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1160.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.23 mb = 773.23 m = 2536.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.23 mb = 820.35 m = 2691.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.23 mb = 12414.28 m = 40728.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1154.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.23 mb = 15173.68 m = 49781.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 471.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 278.31 m/s