MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 37.51,-79.5 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -79.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 960 397 22.7 21.3 91 1.5 21.7 134 7 299.3 302.4 296.3 348.3 16.78 2 950 491 21.7 20.6 94 1.1 20.9 139 10 299.2 302.1 295.9 346.7 16.28 3 900 960 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 173 24 301.0 303.8 295.7 346.0 15.31 4 850 1450 15.9 15.4 97 0.5 15.5 204 32 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.4 13.03 5 800 1963 12.7 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 232 34 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.5 9.93 6 750 2503 10.1 4.4 67 5.8 6.8 245 33 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.9 6.99 7 700 3074 7.8 -0.3 57 8.1 3.5 253 29 311.1 312.1 291.0 327.7 5.34 8 650 3682 4.3 -1.3 67 5.6 1.4 257 32 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.37 9 600 4328 -0.2 -10.7 45 10.5 -4.6 264 35 315.9 316.4 290.3 325.0 2.81 10 550 5018 -3.8 -38.9 5 35.1 -11.1 265 32 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.24 11 500 5765 -7.6 -30.6 14 23.0 -13.2 257 29 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.60 12 450 6575 -14.1 -35.7 14 21.6 -18.3 253 28 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.40 13 400 7454 -21.4 -47.9 7 26.5 -24.5 245 28 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.7 0.12 14 350 8422 -29.5 -51.5 10 22.1 -31.3 238 35 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.09 15 300 9504 -36.9 -52.3 19 15.5 -37.9 241 59 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10748 -44.1 -48.4 62 4.3 -44.3 232 83 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.19 17 200 12200 -57.2 -61.3 60 4.1 -57.3 236 92 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 18 150 14005 -59.0 -78.0 7 19.0 -59.2 233 49 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16520 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 228 31 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.91 m Freezing level: 602.32 mb = 4298.25 m = 14101.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.19 mb = 3829.89 m = 12565.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.05 mb = 582.61 m = 1911.42 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 20.60 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 991.43 m = 3252.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 30.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1604.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.72 mb = 933.60 m = 3062.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.72 mb = 1077.51 m = 3535.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.72 mb = 12597.57 m = 41330.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1581.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.72 mb = 15507.89 m = 50878.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 453.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.42 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 145.70 m/s