MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 96 SFC 992 169 26.4 20.7 71 5.7 22.3 217 6 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.2 15.68 2 950 546 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.4 212 7 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.5 13.91 3 900 1013 17.8 16.5 92 1.3 17.0 209 8 299.8 302.3 294.0 338.7 13.27 4 850 1501 15.1 11.4 78 3.7 12.7 218 13 301.9 303.8 292.1 331.5 9.98 5 800 2012 12.3 8.5 78 3.8 10.0 233 11 304.2 305.8 291.8 330.4 8.72 6 750 2551 9.1 5.4 78 3.7 6.9 260 13 306.5 307.9 291.5 329.2 7.51 7 700 3119 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 261 15 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.4 6.44 8 650 3722 1.7 -0.9 83 2.6 0.4 266 18 310.9 311.9 291.2 328.1 5.53 9 600 4362 -2.0 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 263 23 313.8 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.40 10 550 5052 -4.6 -6.9 84 2.2 -5.7 270 26 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.1 4.16 11 500 5796 -9.0 -17.4 50 8.4 -11.9 273 31 322.1 322.4 291.3 328.7 1.95 12 450 6602 -14.7 -31.2 23 16.6 -18.3 266 34 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.63 13 400 7483 -20.5 -34.9 26 14.5 -23.1 258 34 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.2 0.49 14 350 8458 -26.9 -41.7 23 14.7 -28.8 268 32 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.28 15 300 9547 -36.7 -43.1 52 6.4 -37.3 267 43 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.28 16 250 10783 -46.2 -61.4 16 15.2 -46.7 282 48 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 17 200 12228 -57.3 -68.2 24 10.9 -57.5 297 49 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 18 150 14029 -59.2 -79.4 6 20.2 -59.4 268 41 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16541 -63.7 -87.9 2 24.1 -63.9 276 28 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.99 m Freezing level: 626.89 mb = 4017.79 m = 13181.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3782.79 m = 12410.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.12 mb = 888.13 m = 2913.79 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1115.62 m = 3660.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.17 mb = 1068.64 m = 3505.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.17 mb = 1212.90 m = 3979.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.17 mb = 11937.71 m = 39165.25 ft B at Equ Level: 953.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.17 mb = 14493.30 m = 47549.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 36.77 Bulk Shear: 26.08 m/s