MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.95,-77.03 Latitude: 38.95 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 65 SFC 999 71 27.0 18.5 60 8.5 21.1 261 9 300.2 302.7 294.3 339.8 13.52 2 950 515 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 263 14 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.01 3 900 982 17.7 15.3 86 2.5 16.1 267 14 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.5 12.21 4 850 1469 15.4 7.3 59 8.0 10.6 281 17 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.8 7.58 5 800 1980 12.8 0.1 41 12.8 6.2 261 21 304.8 305.7 288.6 319.5 4.80 6 750 2518 8.4 6.2 86 2.3 7.1 264 24 305.7 307.2 291.6 329.7 7.93 7 700 3085 4.7 4.0 95 0.7 4.3 266 29 307.7 309.1 291.7 330.0 7.30 8 650 3687 1.3 0.2 93 1.1 0.7 266 30 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.9 5.98 9 600 4327 -1.7 -3.4 88 1.8 -2.5 272 31 314.2 315.1 291.7 329.9 4.96 10 550 5015 -5.7 -6.3 95 0.6 -6.0 267 32 317.3 318.2 292.1 331.3 4.34 11 500 5757 -9.6 -12.3 80 2.7 -10.6 258 37 321.4 321.9 292.0 331.2 2.97 12 450 6563 -14.7 -24.1 45 9.4 -17.2 258 37 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.0 1.21 13 400 7443 -21.7 -27.1 62 5.4 -22.9 258 41 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.5 1.04 14 350 8410 -29.1 -44.0 22 14.9 -30.7 260 55 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.22 15 300 9496 -36.5 -39.8 72 3.3 -36.9 251 73 333.9 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10731 -47.5 -50.1 75 2.6 -47.6 250 79 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 17 200 12171 -55.3 -70.1 14 14.9 -55.5 261 66 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.01 18 150 13990 -58.7 -78.3 6 19.6 -59.0 258 54 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16517 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 262 41 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.61 m Freezing level: 628.49 mb = 3962.33 m = 12999.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.78 mb = 3826.04 m = 12552.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.68 mb = 1147.26 m = 3763.92 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 20.35 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1499.93 m = 4920.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 16.91 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.80 mb = 1175.07 m = 3855.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.80 mb = 2247.19 m = 7372.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.80 mb = 11136.09 m = 36535.29 ft B at Equ Level: 610.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.80 mb = 13395.01 m = 43946.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 24.00 Bulk Shear: 25.88 m/s