MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.42,-77.03 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -77.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 22 28.1 23.3 75 4.9 24.6 114 6 301.0 304.4 297.6 354.6 18.22 1 1000 49 27.6 22.4 73 5.2 23.8 114 6 300.8 303.9 297.0 351.6 17.31 2 950 502 23.1 20.8 87 2.3 21.5 134 9 300.7 303.7 296.4 349.1 16.50 3 900 972 19.3 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 179 15 301.4 304.2 295.7 345.9 15.09 4 850 1462 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.9 205 24 303.4 305.8 295.0 342.6 13.24 5 800 1977 13.3 11.4 88 1.9 12.1 233 34 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.3 10.65 6 750 2518 10.1 7.8 86 2.3 8.7 242 39 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.4 8.89 7 700 3089 7.1 4.2 82 2.9 5.5 244 42 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.2 7.42 8 650 3697 4.2 -6.0 47 10.2 -0.6 253 46 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.7 3.75 9 600 4341 -0.4 -5.1 71 4.7 -2.7 259 53 315.6 316.5 291.6 329.6 4.36 10 550 5031 -5.0 -18.2 35 13.1 -9.5 261 52 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.7 1.66 11 500 5774 -8.7 -24.0 28 15.3 -13.0 258 43 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.3 1.10 12 450 6582 -14.1 -29.3 26 15.2 -17.6 263 30 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.75 13 400 7462 -21.8 -31.9 40 10.1 -23.7 261 31 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.1 0.66 14 350 8432 -27.7 -30.3 79 2.6 -28.2 242 31 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.88 15 300 9525 -35.3 -39.2 68 3.9 -35.8 225 43 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.43 16 250 10771 -44.1 -50.6 48 6.5 -44.5 209 54 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.15 17 200 12222 -57.3 -61.0 63 3.7 -57.4 223 63 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14000 -62.6 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.7 238 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16512 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 243 32 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.89 m Freezing level: 604.54 mb = 4282.90 m = 14051.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.13 mb = 3632.18 m = 11916.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.00 mb = 640.13 m = 2100.13 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 28.96 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 885.36 m = 2904.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.24 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2247.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.88 mb = 829.20 m = 2720.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.88 mb = 972.88 m = 3191.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.88 mb = 12877.72 m = 42249.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2242.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 414.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.95 Bulk Rich Number: 10.04 Bulk Shear: 223.88 m/s