MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.80,-77.43 Latitude: 38.80 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 998 86 26.3 18.7 63 7.5 21.1 133 9 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.8 13.76 2 950 516 20.4 17.1 81 3.3 18.1 135 12 297.9 300.2 293.2 335.5 12.98 3 900 980 16.3 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 142 13 298.3 300.4 292.0 331.0 11.22 4 850 1465 13.6 9.5 76 4.1 11.2 171 11 300.4 302.1 290.7 326.4 8.81 5 800 1973 10.9 5.6 70 5.3 7.8 202 12 302.7 304.0 290.0 324.0 7.12 6 750 2510 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 228 18 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.77 7 700 3078 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 237 24 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.4 7.84 8 650 3681 2.0 0.8 92 1.2 1.4 239 29 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.7 6.25 9 600 4324 -1.2 -2.5 91 1.3 -1.9 235 30 314.8 315.8 292.2 331.6 5.32 10 550 5013 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 236 32 317.5 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.35 11 500 5755 -9.1 -11.8 81 2.7 -10.2 240 31 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.2 3.10 12 450 6563 -14.2 -25.3 39 11.1 -17.1 243 30 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.09 13 400 7444 -21.0 -45.2 9 24.2 -24.1 236 28 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 14 350 8415 -27.7 -34.7 52 6.9 -28.8 235 34 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.5 0.58 15 300 9508 -35.2 -38.4 72 3.2 -35.5 234 50 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.46 16 250 10752 -45.2 -49.3 64 4.1 -45.4 238 60 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.17 17 200 12198 -57.3 -64.9 38 7.6 -57.5 238 62 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13994 -60.5 -74.2 15 13.7 -60.6 234 49 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16511 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 244 36 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.10 m Freezing level: 618.52 mb = 4085.71 m = 13404.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.78 mb = 3947.55 m = 12951.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.50 mb = 1032.24 m = 3386.57 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1110.12 m = 3642.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.02 mb = 1046.35 m = 3432.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.02 mb = 1287.18 m = 4222.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.02 mb = 8455.03 m = 27739.27 ft B at Equ Level: 161.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.02 mb = 10803.23 m = 35443.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 83.76 m/s