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: 38.98,-77.40 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -77.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 995 97 23.2 20.3 84 2.8 21.2 99 9 296.8 299.5 294.6 340.9 15.27 2 950 494 19.0 18.4 96 0.6 18.6 108 19 296.5 299.0 293.6 337.3 14.16 3 900 958 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 138 22 298.4 300.7 293.1 335.2 12.67 4 850 1444 14.3 13.2 93 1.1 13.6 193 21 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.3 11.27 5 800 1955 11.8 10.2 90 1.6 10.9 224 22 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.1 9.85 6 750 2493 8.8 7.3 90 1.6 7.9 241 22 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.57 7 700 3061 5.5 4.7 95 0.7 5.0 241 28 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.0 7.68 8 650 3665 2.1 0.8 91 1.2 1.4 239 32 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.8 6.27 9 600 4307 -1.1 -1.7 95 0.7 -1.4 256 34 314.9 316.0 292.4 332.7 5.62 10 550 4998 -4.0 -4.7 95 0.7 -4.4 269 40 319.3 320.2 293.1 335.1 4.91 11 500 5744 -8.6 -10.1 89 1.4 -9.2 266 41 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.3 3.56 12 450 6552 -14.0 -29.9 25 15.9 -17.7 268 37 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.71 13 400 7433 -21.6 -44.4 11 22.9 -24.5 265 41 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.18 14 350 8400 -29.5 -51.1 10 21.6 -31.3 252 42 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.10 15 300 9481 -36.5 -41.7 59 5.2 -37.1 235 53 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.33 16 250 10726 -44.9 -48.4 68 3.5 -45.1 218 67 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12172 -57.6 -61.6 60 4.0 -57.7 224 82 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13960 -61.5 -76.3 12 14.9 -61.6 235 58 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16484 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 230 32 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.66 m Freezing level: 616.91 mb = 4089.58 m = 13417.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.91 mb = 3980.49 m = 13059.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.56 mb = 452.65 m = 1485.06 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 708.29 m = 2323.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 453.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.70 mb = 679.34 m = 2228.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.70 mb = 818.82 m = 2686.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.70 mb = 10082.66 m = 33079.20 ft B at Equ Level: 449.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.70 mb = 13012.99 m = 42693.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 367.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 367.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 226.80 m/s