MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 37.4,-82.07 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -82.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 957 484 26.4 17.1 57 9.3 20.0 196 6 303.4 305.8 294.7 341.8 12.93 2 950 544 24.5 15.5 57 9.0 18.5 197 6 302.1 304.3 293.5 336.8 11.75 3 900 1015 19.7 14.2 70 5.6 16.1 198 8 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.4 11.36 4 850 1504 15.0 12.8 87 2.2 13.6 202 9 301.8 303.9 292.9 334.2 10.97 5 800 2016 13.2 3.9 53 9.3 7.9 245 20 305.2 306.4 290.1 324.4 6.33 6 750 2554 9.5 0.4 53 9.1 4.7 248 22 306.9 307.9 289.7 323.1 5.26 7 700 3123 5.6 -0.0 67 5.6 2.7 251 26 308.7 309.7 290.5 325.5 5.46 8 650 3725 1.5 -2.1 77 3.7 -0.3 246 28 310.7 311.7 290.7 326.4 5.04 9 600 4366 -2.0 -8.0 63 6.0 -4.7 242 30 313.8 314.4 290.2 324.9 3.47 10 550 5052 -6.0 -13.9 53 7.9 -8.9 242 32 317.0 317.4 290.2 324.8 2.36 11 500 5792 -9.4 -30.2 17 20.8 -14.4 238 41 321.5 321.7 289.9 323.8 0.62 12 450 6597 -15.5 -36.5 15 21.0 -19.3 237 45 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.37 13 400 7474 -21.6 -43.6 12 21.9 -24.5 239 46 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.20 14 350 8442 -28.6 -44.2 21 15.5 -30.4 240 43 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.22 15 300 9529 -36.2 -53.0 16 16.8 -37.3 228 42 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.09 16 250 10767 -46.3 -53.6 44 7.3 -46.7 236 39 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.10 17 200 12208 -58.2 -62.3 59 4.1 -58.3 290 57 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13983 -65.3 -76.6 19 11.3 -65.4 222 52 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 229 27 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.19 m Freezing level: 628.30 mb = 4003.04 m = 13133.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.66 mb = 3666.77 m = 12029.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.64 mb = 1657.62 m = 5438.32 ft T: 14.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2155.33 m = 7071.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 327.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.89 mb = 1716.01 m = 5629.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.89 mb = 2846.47 m = 9338.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.89 mb = 9437.95 m = 30964.03 ft B at Equ Level: 324.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.89 mb = 12726.08 m = 41751.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 5.33 Bulk Shear: 61.43 m/s