MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 39.41,-77.35 Latitude: 39.41 Longitude: -77.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 993 169 24.9 21.8 83 3.0 22.7 275 4 298.6 301.6 296.1 347.5 16.81 2 950 559 20.8 19.5 92 1.4 19.9 228 5 298.3 301.1 294.8 342.3 15.15 3 900 1025 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 17.0 195 9 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.7 13.35 4 850 1513 14.7 12.8 88 2.0 13.5 197 11 301.6 303.6 292.8 334.0 10.98 5 800 2023 11.5 8.3 81 3.2 9.6 188 5 303.4 305.0 291.5 329.1 8.62 6 750 2560 8.4 4.0 74 4.4 5.9 214 5 305.7 307.0 290.7 326.3 6.81 7 700 3128 5.4 1.6 77 3.8 3.3 222 7 308.4 309.6 290.9 327.3 6.13 8 650 3730 1.5 -0.1 89 1.7 0.7 246 15 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.8 5.83 9 600 4370 -2.2 -4.3 86 2.1 -3.1 253 19 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.3 4.65 10 550 5058 -5.5 -7.6 85 2.1 -6.4 263 21 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.2 3.93 11 500 5800 -9.3 -10.8 89 1.5 -9.9 283 25 321.7 322.3 292.4 332.8 3.36 12 450 6608 -14.3 -15.6 89 1.4 -14.7 279 28 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.8 2.52 13 400 7491 -20.2 -22.8 80 2.6 -21.0 270 30 328.7 329.0 292.8 334.1 1.53 14 350 8465 -27.5 -30.4 76 2.9 -28.0 257 29 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.87 15 300 9555 -36.6 -44.2 45 7.6 -37.2 260 27 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.25 16 250 10788 -47.1 -60.0 22 12.9 -47.6 269 34 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 17 200 12232 -56.0 -71.0 14 15.0 -56.2 276 44 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.01 18 150 14034 -61.1 -79.5 7 18.3 -61.3 269 45 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16540 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 271 24 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.44 m Freezing level: 629.26 mb = 3995.55 m = 13108.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3837.91 m = 12591.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.82 mb = 551.58 m = 1809.61 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.02 mb = 873.29 m = 2865.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.89 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 33.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1303.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.70 mb = 819.95 m = 2690.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.70 mb = 961.46 m = 3154.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.70 mb = 12018.50 m = 39430.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1293.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.70 mb = 15077.41 m = 49465.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.2 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 280.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -16.4 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 132.55 Bulk Shear: 9.83 m/s