MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.35,-77.44 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -77.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 43 28.2 21.4 66 6.8 23.3 209 6 301.3 304.3 296.4 348.9 16.19 1 1000 49 28.2 21.1 65 7.1 23.1 212 5 301.4 304.3 296.3 348.4 15.96 2 950 503 24.1 19.9 77 4.2 21.1 207 12 301.7 304.5 296.1 347.5 15.55 3 900 974 20.2 18.2 88 2.0 18.8 203 14 302.3 305.1 295.7 346.1 14.79 4 850 1465 16.3 15.5 95 0.7 15.8 203 17 303.2 305.6 294.8 342.3 13.17 5 800 1979 12.5 11.2 92 1.2 11.7 218 26 304.4 306.4 293.3 335.9 10.52 6 750 2518 9.4 6.3 81 3.1 7.6 234 38 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.1 8.02 7 700 3087 6.1 3.0 80 3.1 4.4 244 46 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.2 6.81 8 650 3692 2.4 -0.0 84 2.4 1.1 248 52 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.87 9 600 4334 -1.8 -3.1 91 1.2 -2.4 246 54 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.0 5.08 10 550 5022 -5.3 -6.2 93 0.9 -5.7 245 52 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.37 11 500 5765 -9.0 -10.1 92 1.1 -9.5 253 47 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.8 3.56 12 450 6575 -12.5 -14.0 89 1.5 -13.1 251 40 327.5 328.1 293.6 337.3 2.88 13 400 7466 -18.0 -20.0 84 2.1 -18.6 247 39 331.6 332.0 293.9 338.5 1.95 14 350 8450 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 240 38 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.4 1.14 15 300 9551 -33.6 -36.6 74 3.0 -34.1 230 38 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.1 0.55 16 250 10802 -44.6 -48.3 66 3.7 -44.8 221 35 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.19 17 200 12254 -55.2 -61.8 44 6.6 -55.4 221 57 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 14037 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 222 48 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16528 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 242 30 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.01 m Freezing level: 621.95 mb = 4051.99 m = 13293.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.72 mb = 3882.82 m = 12738.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.33 mb = 912.88 m = 2994.99 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1181.60 m = 3876.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.73 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1591.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.89 mb = 1061.42 m = 3482.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.89 mb = 1306.03 m = 4284.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.89 mb = 12707.50 m = 41690.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1577.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.89 mb = 16176.24 m = 53071.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 292.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 13.32 Bulk Shear: 119.47 m/s