MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.95,-77.22 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -77.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 83 26.7 19.6 65 7.1 21.8 170 4 299.8 302.5 294.9 342.3 14.53 1 1000 87 26.9 19.0 62 7.9 21.4 171 3 300.1 302.6 294.6 340.9 13.96 2 950 538 23.0 17.0 69 6.0 18.9 200 8 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.5 12.96 3 900 1006 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 17.0 214 9 300.7 303.0 294.0 338.5 12.91 4 850 1494 15.1 12.3 83 2.8 13.3 258 11 301.9 303.9 292.6 333.3 10.60 5 800 2006 12.6 9.3 80 3.3 10.5 275 11 304.6 306.3 292.3 332.1 9.21 6 750 2546 9.7 6.4 80 3.2 7.8 277 15 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.6 8.08 7 700 3116 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.5 276 21 309.5 310.7 291.8 330.4 6.81 8 650 3721 2.6 -0.4 81 3.0 1.1 281 22 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.8 5.74 9 600 4364 -1.1 -4.2 79 3.1 -2.6 289 25 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.7 4.67 10 550 5054 -4.6 -6.2 89 1.6 -5.4 287 25 318.6 319.4 292.4 332.8 4.38 11 500 5798 -9.1 -10.0 93 0.9 -9.5 293 26 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.7 3.57 12 450 6605 -15.2 -16.1 93 0.9 -15.5 278 22 324.1 324.6 292.3 332.4 2.43 13 400 7486 -19.7 -23.6 71 3.9 -20.7 266 25 329.3 329.6 292.9 334.4 1.43 14 350 8465 -26.4 -32.5 56 6.1 -27.5 266 35 333.2 333.3 293.3 335.8 0.71 15 300 9560 -34.9 -47.7 26 12.9 -36.0 295 34 336.2 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.17 16 250 10804 -45.1 -51.9 47 6.7 -45.4 301 73 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.13 17 200 12251 -57.4 -63.8 44 6.3 -57.5 300 74 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14037 -59.6 -79.9 5 20.3 -59.9 273 61 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16550 -63.9 -88.0 2 24.1 -64.1 269 25 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.53 m Freezing level: 614.77 mb = 4173.61 m = 13692.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3902.45 m = 12803.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.25 mb = 984.74 m = 3230.74 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1398.73 m = 4588.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 426.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.25 mb = 1244.41 m = 4082.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.25 mb = 1795.23 m = 5889.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.25 mb = 10024.35 m = 32887.88 ft B at Equ Level: 425.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.25 mb = 13250.90 m = 43473.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 68.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 9.53 Bulk Shear: 44.69 m/s